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Does your child exhibit some of these characteristics?
Does your child exhibit some of these characteristics?
An incredible memory
Very active and alert
Learns quickly
Uses advanced vocabulary
Enjoys solving puzzles with words, numbers and images
Excels at improvising ways to solve problems
Focuses intensely on one interest or multiple ones simultaneously
Demonstrates insightful, complex and creative thinking
High tendency to examine and investigate things, often by asking lots of questions
Has very intense feelings and emotional reactions
Exhibits a vivid and precise imagination
Responds to and demonstrates strengths in the arts
Engages in word play and storytelling
Displays a great sense of humor, at times better understood by adults
Daydreams—lives in his or her own world
Is concerned with truth, equity, and justice
Current TAG Identification Requirements
Current TAG Identification Requirements
Page 2 of National Association for Gifted Children's Article "Helping Your Gifted Child Succeed!"
Academic Performance
Academic Performance
Iowa Assessment Statewide of Student Progress (IASAP)
- Scores higher than 95% of other students in reading and/or math
aReading and aMath
- Scores 5% above spring benchmark score
Teacher Nomination
Teacher Nomination
K-8th Grade Renzulli Observations: Math and/or Reading
- Checklist of behavioral characteristics in gifted students filled out by teacher
- Teacher nominates student if they exemplify multiple characteristics
9th-12th Grade Purdue Checklists:
- Same components as the K-8 Renzulli Scales
Products and/or Performances
- Classroom portfolios: collection of student's notes, projects, papers and other contributions to class
- Classroom grades
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