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Who Are Gifted
College Students?:
Definition of a Gifted College Student
Gifted college students are typically defined as those students
who are either members of, or qualify for membership in, a university
honors program. Membership is usually dependent upon some combination
of a minimum SAT/ACT score, high school grade point average
and/or class rank, letters of recommendation, and a statement
of interest. For incoming freshman, membership in the WKU Honors
Program requires: a minimum 25 ACT composite score and 3.5 unweighted
GPA; OR a minimum 28 ACT composite score and 3.2 GPA; OR a minimum
23 ACT composite score and 3.8 GPA.
How do you know if a gifted student is in your
class?
You may be able to recognize a gifted student from his or her
high exam scores, extremely well-written research papers, quick
grasp of material, higher-order questions and comments in class,
ability to make cross-topic and/or cross-discipline connections,
and so on. Or, a gifted student may not demonstrate any of these
abilities and instead express boredom, skip class, fail to turn
in assignments (usually because the assignment is not challenging,
and therefore boring), and so on (Robinson, 1997).
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