Intelligence is defined as the entire human ability to think, reason, perceive objectively, judge and draw conclusions. Apart from this general definition, intelligence has been defined from different perspectives and defined in three different ways;
1) the ability of the individual to adapt effectively to his environment
2) the combination of many special abilities as well as general abilities.
3) the set of abilities formed by the combination of many special abilities.
Gifted individuals can carry out the skills revealed by intelligence more successfully than individuals with normal intelligence and They show different characteristics from their peers, especially in terms of early development, physical, social, personality and mental characteristics. When we look at gifted individuals in childhood, they make a difference compared to their peers with their high memory power, interest level, activity, perfectionist and idealist nature, focus, intense concentration and advanced language skills. Gifted children also have more advanced motivation, internal control and creativity skills than their peers. These children, who learn faster, earlier and in a different way than their peers, also have a different perspective and are more successful in complex cognitive activities, situations requiring reasoning and comprehension. From time to time, gifted children can be perceived differently by their environment, and their determination can be equated with stubbornness, and their excessive questioning can be equated with rebelliousness.
Gifted children, who manifest themselves from an early age, generally start speaking earlier than children with normal intelligence. While children are expected to make short two-word sentences at the age of 2, these children (gifted) have a wide language repertoire and can make more detailed sentences. Their rich vocabulary allows them to talk about more topics. Gifted children, whose receptive and expressive language skills are advanced, are good at comprehending complex and abstract concepts, analogies and establishing relationships. In this way, they learn games with rules much earlier. In group games, shape the game by making non-game configurations. They may want to download it.
These children, whose language development is at an advanced level, also become interested in academic studies at an earlier age. It has been observed that gifted children, who can start reading at the age of 3 and writing at the age of 4, have higher phonological awareness than their peers. These children, who have high language skills, solve riddles; They generally enjoy puzzles and reading activities and are known for their ready-made answers by those around them. The use of written language by gifted children, who can express themselves very clearly, is similar to their verbal performance.
They learn information easily, come up with creative ideas, have a developed sense of humor, can maintain the continuity of the conversation, and understand and interpret the cause-effect relationship very quickly. Gifted children, who have developed imagination and offer rational and original solutions when faced with problems, are seen as 'sources of information' by their classmates. Identifying the interests of gifted children, who manifest themselves in the pre-school period, by including them in a customized program from an early age, constitutes an important step for children's future planning. It is of great importance to integrate gifted children into society by receiving expert support.
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