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High Achieving vs. Gifted Students
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Knows the answers
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Works hard to achieve high scores
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Answers questions
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6-8 repetitions for mastery
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Enjoys peers
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Grasps the meaning
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Receptive and willing
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Absorbs information
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Excellent memorization skills
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Works in the top group
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Enjoys school
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Enjoys routine
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Asks the questions
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Plays around, yet can test well
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Detail orientated
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1-2 repetitions for mastery
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Prefers older children or adults
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Makes inferences
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Extremely intense
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Manipulates information
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Excellent guesser
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Works beyond the group
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Enjoys learning new things
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Rebels against routine
Janice Szabos, The Gifted and Talented Child
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