Checklist of Characteristics for Areas of Giftedness (CCAG)
Gifted Area: General Intellectual Ability
Characteristics:
- Understands complex concepts
- Draws inferences between content areas
- Sees beyond the obvious
- Thrives on new or complex ideas
- Enjoys hypothesizing
- Intuitively knows before taught
- Uses an extensive vocabulary
- Does in-depth investigations
- Learns rapidly in comparison to peers
- 1-2 repetitions for mastery
- Manipulates information
Gifted Area: Specific Academic Ability
Characteristics:
- Strong memorization ability
- Advanced comprehension: 1-2 repetitions for mastery
- Intense interest in a specific academic area
- High academic capacity in special-interest area
- Pursues special interests with enthusiasm
- Operates at a higher level of abstraction than peers
- Asks poignant questions
- Discusses and elaborates in detail
Gifted Area: Creative Thinking
Characteristics:
- Independent and/or flexible thinker
- Exhibits original thinking in oral and/or written expression
- Generates many ideas to solve a given problem
- Possesses a keen sense of humor
- Creates and invents
- Intrigued by creative tasks
- Improvises and sees unique possibilities
- Risk taker
- Resists conformity
Gifted Area: Artistic (Visual/Performing Arts)
Characteristics:
- Communicates their vision in visual/performing arts
- Unusual ability for aesthetic expression
- Compelled to perform/produce
- Exhibits creative expression
- Desire for creating original product
- Keenly observant
- Continues experimentation with preferred medium
- Excels in demonstrating the visual/performing arts
Gifted Area: Leadership
Characteristics:
- Takes an active role in decision making
- High expectations for self and others
- Expresses self with confidence
- Foresees consequences and implications of decisions
- Follows through on a plan
- Appears to be well liked by peers
- Ideas expressed accepted by others
- Sought out by others to accomplish a task
Adapted from the National Association for Gifted Children
Quick Links:
Questions or concerns about the Gifted and Talented program can be directed to Tia Bishop, Gifted and Talented Program Coordinator at 423-2800 ext. 3216 or via email at tia.bishop@greendale.k12.wi.us.