If your child is 12 or above, he or she can take the
IQ test available here – just contact me with all the details as explained on
the page.
The following inventory or checklist is based on my personal
experience with gifted children.
In order to determine if a child is gifted, simply add
the points corresponding to the observed behaviors. Notice that the described behaviors
have different predictive power, and therefore different weights.
A total score above 15 indicates that the likelihood
of giftedness is greater than 50%. Also, the greater the score, the more likely
the child is to be gifted.
You can use the questions in bold (the last ones) to
identify a gifted child who does not do
well at school – a score above 12
on this scale indicates that the child should take an intelligence test as soon
as possible.
THE CHILD…
1- was able to learn how to read before entering
primary school (6 years old):
- alone or almost ….+7 points
- with some help …. +5
2- is preoccupied with his or her own
thoughts and may have a vivid imagination …. +2
3- is greatly interested in encyclopedias, dictionaries,
and the Internet …. +2
4- learned to read quickly but had trouble with writing
(mostly true for boys) …. +1
5- often displays a large vocabulary and uses complex
sentence structures, but it is mostly the level of his or her thinking that is startling
.… +2
6- likes to organize things through complex
schemas …. +1
7- is at the head of his or her class effortlessly ….
+2
8-
chooses friends older than him or her when playing indoor games …. +2
9-
really enjoys talking with adults …. +2
10-
ask a lot of different and original questions …. +2
11-
always want to know the “why” of everything …. +1
12- even if sometimes distracted, is capable of intense concentration and
possesses a long attention span…. +2
13-
does not hesitate to judge people …. +1
14-
is bored with routine activities (any activity that must be repeated endlessly
and in the same way: daily personal hygiene for example, but also school activities
that seem easy and rigid) …. +1
15-
is very sensitive to injustice, even if he or she is not directly the victim of
it …. +2
16-
has a great or unusual sense of humor .… +2
17-
likes complicated games (chess, Sudoku, games of strategy) and is good at them….
+2
18-
would rather work alone .… +2
19-
is very interested in the universe, the origin of mankind, and prehistory …. +2
20-
has a highly developed aesthetic sense and is sensitive to the harmony of the
world around him …. +2
21-
is passionate about one or several hobbies and can change such hobbies quite
often …. +1
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