How should gifted children be identified Parents may not be able to identify gifted children; thy do not have sufficient basis for comparison. Their observations may be distorted by their ambitions. However, they may be able to furnish details about the child’s early development that indicate to the discerning teacher or psychologist the presence of superior ability.
Teachers who are familiar with the characteristics of gifted children and who have a chance to observe children in an informal and challenging environment can give evidence that is valuable in identifying the gifted. Teachers have daily opportunity to observe how skillfully children use language, how quickly they see relations, how sensitive they are to things in their environment, how readily they learn, how easily they remember. Moreover, gifted children usually show out- standing resourcefulness and imagination, sustained attention, and wide interests.
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A. teachers are as incapable of identifying gifted children as parents
B. teachers often do not get along well with gifted children
C. teachers sometimes make biased observations in identifying gifted children
D. teachers very seldom make mistakes in identifying gifted children
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