| 1. Visual/Performing Arts
2. Leadership
3. Creative Thinking
4. General Intellectual Ability
5. Specific Academic Ability
Visual/Performing Arts
- outstanding in sense of spatial relationships
- unusual ability for expressing self feelings, moods, etc. through art, dance, drama, music
- good motor coordination
- desire for producing "own product" (not content with mere copying)
- observant
Leadership
- assumes responsibility
- high expectations for self and others
- fluent, concise self-expression
- foresees consequences and implications of decisions
- good judgement in decision making
- likes structure
- well-liked by peers
- self-confident
- organized
Creative Thinking
- independent thinker
- exhibits original thinking in oral and written expression
- comes up with several solutions to a given problem
- possesses a sense of humor
- creates and invents
- challenged by creative tasks
- improvises often
- does not mind being different from the crowd
General Intellectual Ability
- formulates abstractions
- processes information in complex ways
- observant
- excited about new ideas
- enjoys hypothesizing
- learns rapidly
- uses a large vocabulary
- inquisitive
- self-starter
Specific Academic Ability
- good memorization ability
- advanced comprehension
- acquires basic-skills knowledge quickly
- widely-read in special interest area
- high academic success in special interest area
- pursues special interests with enthusiasm and vigor
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