![]() Children who are gifted require services and/or activities beyond those ordinarily provided by the schools to address the pace, depth, and complexity of their learning.Giftedness is present in children and youth from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavors (U.S. ![]() Children who are gifted in visual or performing arts ability perform, or show the potential to perform at high levels of achievement in one or more artistic areas: drawing, painting, sculpting, music, dance, drama.These children acquire skills in these fields at a faster rate, with more depth and greater complexity, than other children of their age, experience, or environment. Children who are gifted in creative thinking ability demonstrate advanced ability in creativity.Creativity is not a singular ability, but is a "constellation of traits and abilities…generally characterized by uniqueness, originality, and the ability to make something new, novel, and useful" (Daniels, 1997). Children who are gifted in specific academic ability perform or show the potential to perform at high levels of achievement in one or more content areas: mathematics, science, reading, writing or a combination of reading and writing, and/or social studies.These children acquire skills in these academic fields at a faster rate, with more depth and greater complexity, than other children of their age, experience, or environment. Children who are gifted in superior cognitive ability demonstrate or show potential to demonstrate high levels of ability in cognitive areas, i.e., problem solving, abstract thinking, reasoning, memory, or comprehension.These children acquire skills at a faster rate, with more depth and greater complexity, than other children of their age, experience, or environment. ![]() Identifying Gifted Children The Ohio Revised Code provides criteria for gifted child identification in four areas of giftedness: superior cognitive ability, specific academic ability, creative thinking ability, and visual or performing arts ability. ![]()
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