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Who Am I?

Who Am I?. Characteristics of the Gifted Learner. Dr. Dee Ann Owens. Who is Gifted? . Verner Von Braun

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Who Am I?

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  1. Who Am I? Characteristics of the Gifted Learner Dr. Dee Ann Owens

  2. Who is Gifted?

  3. Verner Von Braun Pioneer rocket scientist and engineer; efforts led to the development of Explorer satellites, Jupiter, Jupiter-C, Pershing, Redstone and Saturn rockets, and the Skylab space station Albert Einstein Physicist who discovered the theory of relativity Winston Churchill British politicianand statesman; known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during WWII

  4. Louis Pasteur French chemist and microbiologist;remembered for developing the process known as pasteurization Cher American recording artist, actress, director, and record producer; referred to as the Goddess of Pop. Walt Disney American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur

  5. Louisa May Alcott American novelist best known for the novel Little Women Beethoven German composer and virtuoso pianist; became completely deaf in his 20s, but continued to compose Leo Tolstoy Russian writer, philosopher and social activist; best known for War and Peaceand Anna Karenina

  6. F. W. Woolworth Founder of F. W. Woolworth & Co.; now Foot Locker Enrico Caruso Famous Italian Tenor Thomas Edison American businessman, scientist, and inventor who developed many devices such as the light bulb and phonograph

  7. Steven Spielberg American film director, screenwriter, film producer, video game designer and studio executive Isaac Newton English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, etc.; known for Laws of Gravity Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States

  8. Bright or Gifted?

  9. Bright Gifted • Knows the answer • Interested • Attentive • Has good ideas • Asks the questions • Highly curious • Mentally and physically involved • Has wild, silly ideas

  10. Bright Gifted • Works hard • Answers the questions • Top group • Learns with ease • Plays around, yet test well • Discusses in detail; elaborates • Beyond the group • Already knows

  11. Bright Gifted • Understands ideas • 6-8 repetition for mastery • Enjoys peers • Grasps the meaning • Completes assignments • Constructs abstractions • 1-2 repetitions for mastery • Prefers adults • Draws inferences • Initiates projects

  12. Bright Gifted • Is receptive • Copies accurately • Enjoys school • Absorbs information • Technician • Is intense • Creates a new design • Enjoys learning • Manipulates information • Inventor

  13. Bright Gifted • Good memorizer • Enjoys sequential presentation • Is alert • Pleased with own learning • Good guesser • Thrives on complexity • Keenly observant • Highly self-critical

  14. The Nature of the Gifted Learner: Fancy or Fact?

  15. Who Am I? Characteristics of the Gifted Learner Dr. Dee Ann Owens

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