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==Description==

==Description==

[[Intellectual]] '''giftedness''' is an [[intellectual]] [[ability]] significantly higher than [[average]]. It is [[different]] from a [[skill]], in that skills are learned or acquired [[behaviors]]. Like a [[talent]], intellectual giftedness is usually believed to be an [[innate]], [[personal]] [[aptitude]] for [[intellectual]] [[activities]] that cannot be acquired through [[personal]] [[effort]].

[[Intellectual]] '''giftedness''' is an [[intellectual]] [[ability]] significantly higher than [[average]]. It is [[different]] from a [[skill]], in that skills are learned or acquired [[behaviors]]. Like a [[talent]], intellectual giftedness is usually believed to be an [[innate]], [[personal]] [[aptitude]] for [[intellectual]] [[activities]] that cannot be acquired through [[personal]] [[effort]].

When combined with an adequately challenging [[curriculum]] and the [[diligence]] [[necessary]] to acquire many learned [[skills]], intellectual giftedness often produces [[academic]] success.

When combined with an adequately challenging [[curriculum]] and the [[diligence]] [[necessary]] to acquire many learned [[skills]], intellectual giftedness often produces [[academic]] success.

==Developmental theory==

==Developmental theory==

Gifted [[children]] may [[develop]] asynchronously: their [[minds]] are often ahead of their [[physical]] [[growth]], and specific [[cognitive]] and [[emotional]] [[functions]] are often [[developed]] [[differently]] (or to differing extents) at different [[stages]] of [[development]]. One frequently cited example of a[[synchronicity]] in early [[cognitive]] [[development]] is [[Albert Einstein]], who did not speak until the age of two, but whose later fluency and accomplishments belied this initial delay.

Gifted [[children]] may [[develop]] asynchronously: their [[minds]] are often ahead of their [[physical]] [[growth]], and specific [[cognitive]] and [[emotional]] [[functions]] are often [[developed]] [[differently]] (or to differing extents) at different [[stages]] of [[development]]. One frequently cited example of a[[synchronicity]] in early [[cognitive]] [[development]] is [[Albert Einstein]], who did not speak until the age of two, but whose later fluency and accomplishments belied this initial delay.