| Remembers the answers.
| Poses unforeseen questions.
| Sees exceptions.
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| Is interested.
| Is curious.
| Wonders.
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| Is attentive.
| Is selectively mentally engaged.
| Daydreams; may seem off task.
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| Generates advanced ideas.
| Generates complex, abstract ideas.
| Overflows with ideas, many of which will never be developed.
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| Works hard to achieve.
| Knows without working hard.
| Plays with ideas and concepts.
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| Answer the questions in detail.
| Ponders with depth and multiple perspectives.
| Injects new possibilities.
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| Performs at the top of the group.
| Is beyond the group.
| Is in own group.
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| Responds with interest and opinions.
| Exhibits feelings and opinions from multiple perspectives.
| Shares bizarre, sometimes conflicting opinions.
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| Learns with ease.
| Already knows.
| Questions: What if...
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| Needs 6 to 8 repetitions to master.
| Needs 1 to 3 repetitions to master.
| Questions the need for mastery.
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| Comprehends at a high level.
| Comprehends in-depth, complex ideas.
| Overflows with ideas--many of which will never be developed.
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| Enjoys the company of age peers.
| Prefers the company of intellectual peers.
| Prefers the company of creative peers but often works alone.
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| Understands complex, abstract humor.
| Creates complex, abstract humor.
| Relishes wild, off-the-wall humor.
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| Grasps the meaning.
| Infers and connects concepts.
| Makes mental leaps: Aha!
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| Completes assignments on time.
| Initiates projects and extensions of assignments.
| Initiates more projects that will ever be completed.
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| Is receptive.
| Is intense.
| Is independent and unconventional.
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| Is accurate and complete.
| Is original and continually developing.
| Is original and continually developing.
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| Enjoys school often.
| Enjoys self-directed learning.
| Enjoys creating.
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| Absorbs information.
| Manipulates information.
| Improvises.
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| Is a technician with expertise in a field.
| Is an expert who abstracts beyond the field.
| Is an inventor and idea generator.
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| Memorizes well.
| Guesses and infers well.
| Creates and brainstorms well.
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| Is highly alert and observant.
| Anticipates and relates observations.
| Is intuitive.
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| Is pleased with own learning.
| Is self-critical.
| Is never finished with possibilities.
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| Gets A's.
| May not be motivated by grades.
| May not be motivated by grades.
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| Is able.
| Is intellectual.
| Is idiosyncratic.
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