Giftedness and Academics

List of 6 items.

• Capability

  The ability to perform at a high standard. In the context of Roeper, that means performance on academic or scholastic tasks, but may also include performance in the arts or athletics or other fields.
  
  Capability is connected but not restricted to cognitive ability. It also comprises curiosity and ability in the knowledge acquisition and metacognitive processes necessary to continually improve competence in these domains.

• Collaboration

  The ability to interact and work productively with others toward the achievement of shared goals, including the ability to act with fairness and consideration for others and to contribute to and observe developmentally appropriate shared norms of behavior.

• Commitment

  The ability to dedicate sustained attention to a specific task or undertaking. This includes both the ability to concentrate or remain focused in the moment and to plan long-term projects and to see them through to completion.

• Communication

  The ability to convey and process information and ideas effectively through oral, written, graphic, and/or other media. Communication includes expression in the fine and performing arts.

• Connection

  The capacity to feel and show empathy and understanding for the unique lived experience of others and value them intrinsically as individuals rather than as instruments, and to apply that empathy and understanding to work towards the good of the community. 

• Creativity

  The ability to generate novel works, ideas, and solutions to problems, including when working under conditions of constrained resources.