Often attention and focus is placed on the academic characteristics of gifted learners. The social-emotional characteristics of these learners are equally important and can provide a wealth of information when considered. Some of these characteristics that gifted students will commonly display are:
- Insightful
- Moments of Intensity
- Deep Feelings and Emotions
- Highly Sensitive
- Empathetic
- Unusual Amount of Alertness to Stimuli
- Concerned About Social and Political Issues
- A Need to Understand
- Non-Conformity
- Highly Developed Curiosity
- Perfectionism
- Acute Self-Awareness
- Mature Sense of Humor
- Questioning of Rules/Authority
- Vivid Imagination
- Preoccupation with Own Thoughts
- Abstract Ways of Thinking