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What does Gifted mean??

What is a Gifted Child? // - trying to define the best // A good question to start with. The word "gifted" has been defined differently by different academics and practitioners and is often considered by many to be an unfortunate term, but it has become generally associated with a child whose potential in one or more areas of skill would place him or her in the top 2-5% of children of the same age. Notice that this does not assume a narrow view of academic intelligence - the areas of skill can be traditionally academic, or creative, intrapersonal etc. You can read the following general introduction or check out these pages which cover the main different models of giftedness: (Courteousy of NSWAGTC 2007)
 * Gagne's [|Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent]
 * the Columbus Group's [|Asynchronous Model of Giftedness]
 * Howard Gardner's [|Multiple Intelligences]
 * Renzulli's [|Tri-factor Model of Giftedness]