6. General Characteristics
of High Ability Students
Overview/Analysis of General, Social, and
Emotional Characteristics
Asynchronous Development
Perfectionism
Motivation
7. General Characteristics
Look at the characteristic lists.
Could you make these lists more manageable?
Categorize? Synthesize?
What are the most important characteristics of
which SLCs should be aware?
How do these characteristics affect high ability
students?
11. Introversion
Greater percentage of high ability introverts
compared to the general population
Gather information about students...see
extraversion/introversion scale items
Why might this characteristic be useful to
consider?
21. Overexcitabilities
psychomotor - heightened movement
sensual - heightened senses, responses to stimuli
imaginational - heightened imagination
intellectual - heightened curiosity
emotional - heightened emotions, sensitivity
Leading to high intensity
22. Limont, W., Dreszer-Drogorób, J., Bedyńska, S., Śliwińska, K., & Jastrzębska, D. (2014). 'Old wine in new bottles'? Relationships
between overexcitabilities, the Big Five personality traits and giftedness in adolescents. Personality & Individual Differences,
69199-204. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.06.003
23. Stressful Situations
Discovering problems with multiple solutions or no
one perfect solution
Academic challenges: identity, others’ perception
Social challenges
Mixed messages
Multi-potentiality?
30. Perfectionism
Take the perfectionism quiz
What are the forms of perfectionism?
Recent literature - concern over mistakes and
personal standards
Cognitive Distortions and Self-talk
32. General Applications
Recognize the issue.
Help students recognize the issue. LISTEN.
(Repeat back, adding feeling.)
Discuss potential solutions.
Mindfulness? Self-acceptance? Meditation?
Professionals?
Programs? Group discussions?
Provide ongoing support.