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The Gifted Child

The Gifted Child:


Definition:

The Universal Dictionary defines the term “gifted” as:

‘…endowed with natural ability, talent or other assets; especially, endowed with exceptional intelligence; or revealing a special gift.’

According to Neethling (1983: p63), gifted children are:

‘…children who are identified at the preschool, elementary or secondary level as possessing demonstrated or potential abilities that give evidence of high performance capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, specific academic, or leadership ability, or in the performing and visual arts, and who by reason thereof, require services or activities not ordinarily provided by the school.’


What is Giftedness?

The honest truth is that this is a question to which we don’t fully know the answer; therefore there is controversy about it and there are many different opinions. But all the definitions seem to have one element in common: they agree that a gifted person is...

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