Different Ways to Define Giftedness

Experts don't agree on what it means to be gifted and neither do educators. What about parents? Do all parents see giftedness the same way? What do YOU think "gifted" means?

Poll: What does "gifted" mean to you?

• Gifted means having a special talent, as in a gifted artist
• Gifted means having the qualities that lead to adult success
• Gifted means high achievement
• Gifted means the potential to achieve
• Gifted means a strength. All children have strengths so all children are gifted

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