A Bright Child...                                                                            A Gifted Learner...

Knows the answers                                                                           Asks the questions
Is interested                                                                                        Is highly curious
Is attentive                                                                                          Is mentally and physically involved
Has good ideas                                                                                   Has wild, silly ideas
Works hard                                                                                          Plays around, yet tests well
Answers the questions                                                                    Discusses in detail, elaborates
Top group                                                                                             Beyond the group
Listens with interest                                                                        Shows strong feelings and opinions
Learns with ease                                                                                Already knows
6-8 repetitions for mastery                                                           1-2 repetitions for mastery
Understands ideas                                                                            Constructs abstractions
Enjoys peers                                                                                        Prefers adults or intellectual peers
Grasps the meaning                                                                          Draws inferences
Completes assignments                                                                   Initiates projects
Is receptive                                                                                           Is intense
Copies accurately                                                                               Creates a new design
Enjoys school                                                                                       Enjoys learning
Absorbs information                                                                         Manipulates information
Technician                                                                                            Inventor
Good memorizer                                                                                Good guesser
Enjoys straightforward sequential presentation                  Thrives on complexity
Is alert                                                                                                    Is keenly observant
Is pleased with own learning                                                        Is highly self-critical
Understands complex humor                                                      Creates his/her own complex humor

Bright Child Gifted Learner, by Janice Szabos, Challenge, 1989, issue 34, p.4.