1. Who Am I? Characteristics of the Gifted Learner Dr. Dee Ann Owens

2. Who is Gifted?

3. Verner Von Braun Pioneer rocket scientist and engineer; efforts led to the development of Explorer satellites, Jupiter, Jupiter-C, Pershing, Redstone and Saturn rockets, and the Skylab space station Winston Churchill British politician and statesman; known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during WWII Albert Einstein Physicist who discovered the theory of relativity

4. Louis Pasteur French chemist and microbiologist; remembered for developing the process known as pasteurization Cher American recording artist, actress, director, and record producer; referred to as the Goddess of Pop. Walt Disney American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur

5. Louisa May Alcott American novelist best known for the novel Little Women Beethoven German composer and virtuoso pianist; became completely deaf in his 20s, but continued to compose Leo Tolstoy Russian writer, philosopher and social activist; best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina

6. F. W. Woolworth Founder of F. W. Woolworth & Co.; now Foot Locker Enrico Caruso Famous Italian Tenor Thomas Edison American businessman, scientist, and inventor who developed many devices such as the light bulb and phonograph

7. Steven Spielberg American film director, screenwriter, film producer, video game designer and studio executive Isaac Newton English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, etc.; known for Laws of Gravity Abraham Lincoln 16 th President of the United States

8. Bright or Gifted?

9. BrightGifted Knows the answer Knows the answer Interested Interested Attentive Attentive Has good ideas Has good ideas Asks the questions Highly curious Mentally and physically involved Has wild, silly ideas

10. BrightGifted Works hard Works hard Answers the questions Answers the questions Top group Top group Learns with ease Learns with ease Plays around, yet test well Discusses in detail; elaborates Beyond the group Already knows

11. BrightGifted Understands ideas Understands ideas 6-8 repetition for mastery 6-8 repetition for mastery Enjoys peers Enjoys peers Grasps the meaning Grasps the meaning Completes assignments Completes assignments Constructs abstractions 1-2 repetitions for mastery Prefers adults Draws inferences Initiates projects

12. BrightGifted Is receptive Is receptive Copies accurately Copies accurately Enjoys school Enjoys school Absorbs information Absorbs information Technician Technician Is intense Creates a new design Enjoys learning Manipulates information Inventor

13. BrightGifted Good memorizer Good memorizer Enjoys sequential presentation Enjoys sequential presentation Is alert Is alert Pleased with own learning Pleased with own learning Good guesser Thrives on complexity Keenly observant Highly self-critical

14. The Nature of the Gifted Learner: Fancy or Fact?

16. Who Am I? Characteristics of the Gifted Learner Dr. Dee Ann Owens