Intellectual Ability

• Comprehends abstract ideas and concepts
• Demonstrates skills in reasoning and evaluating situations
• Chooses and enjoys challenging tasks or problems
• Generates sophisticated and creative ideas and solutions

• Organizes experiments, capable of separating and controlling variables
• Understands scientific method, able to formulate hypotheses and conduct experiments carefully
• Prefers science-related classes and careers
• Knows a lot of science information
• Skillful in using lab equipment, able to improvise experiments

Verbal/Linguistic

• Uses an extensive vocabulary
• Is an avid reader of books beyond grade level
• Enjoys the process of research and investigating for its own sake
• Is skilled in analyzing topics and finding the underlying problem
• Spells words accurately that are advanced for age

• Reads widely and knows a great deal about social issues
• Sensitive to social issues, see ethical and moral questions
• Recall details about social science topics, makes unusual connections
• Knows about different parts of the world and how other cultures live
• Speaks a foreign language

Logical/Mathematical

• Asks many questions about how things work
• Playing chess, checkers, or other strategy games
• Works on logic puzzles or brain teasers
• Enjoys putting things in categories or hierarchies
• Enjoys data analysis and is skilled in measurement

• Self-motivated
• Responsible and dependable
• Task committed and enjoys learning
• Open to new experiences/risk taker
• Is intense and thrives on complexity