GoodtoKnow resident expert and Educational Psychologist Dr Patricia Britto, explains how to spot a gifted child, and what ...

Many gifted children are natural learners who show some of the following characteristics: The ability to learn quickly and efficiently — to pick up ideas and skills effortlessly ...

A researcher outlines what schools need to do to provide better support for Hispanic bilingual kids and their parents.

Characteristics of Gifted Children. There are a range of traits exhibited by extraordinarily gifted students that set them apart from other children. The 10 traits of intelligent students include: ...

But even among students with high scores on math and reading assessments, black children are severely underrepresented in gifted programs; a high-achieving white student is twice as likely as an ...

Psychologist Ellen Winner knows intimately the children every parent would like to have — the gifted. But her study of them and conclusions are likely to upset many parents whose children hav… ...

Children who learn basic survival instincts and know that they have to say certain things to get food, or to keep their parents from getting in trouble, could also be gifted.

Gifted children also have unusual and advanced vocabulary spans, superior conversation skills, as well as an early development of a sense of humour (The late president Robert Mugabe was good here).

However, many gifted children share some common characteristics, and knowing these is a good place to start. Intelligence Essential Reads What DNA Can—and Can't—Tell Us About Intelligence ...