Curriculum Modifications Guide Based on Student Behavior*
 
Principles of Curriculum Modification
 
Content
Process
Product
Characteristics of Gifted Students
Humor: Exceptionally keen sense of the comical, bizarre, absurd X X X   X     X X     X         X   X  
Motivation: Intense desire to know, do, feel, create or understand. X X X       X X X   X X X X   X   X X  
Interests: Ardent, passionate, sometimes unusual, fleeting. X X X X       X X X X   X X            
Communication/Expressiveness: Extraordinary ability to convey meaning or emotion through words, actions, symbols, sounds or media. X X X     X X X X X     X X X X X X X X
Inquiry: Probing exploration, observation, or experimentation with events, objects, ideas, feelings sounds, media. X X X X X   X X X X X X X X X X   X X X
Problem Solving: Outstanding ability to bring order to chaos through the invention and monitoring of paths to a goal; enjoyment of challenge. X           X   X     X X   X X       X
Sensitivity: Unusually open, perceptive, responsive to experiences, feelings, others   X X   X   X X X X X X     X X   X X X
Intuition: Sudden recognition of connections or deeper meanings without conscious awareness of reasoning or thought. X X X   X   X X X   X X   X X X X X X  
Reasoning: Outstanding ability to think things through and consider implications or alternatives; rich highly conscious, goal oriented thought. X X X   X X X   X   X   X X X   X     X
Imagination/Creativity: Extraordinary capacity for ingenious, flexible use of ideas, processes, materials. X X X       X X X   X X X X   X X X X X
Memory/Knowledge/Understanding: Unusual capacity to acquire, integrate, retain, and retrieve information or skills. X X X   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Learning: Ability to acquire sophisticated understandings with amazing speed and apparent ease. X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Number of X's in column
11
11
11
3
7
4
10
10
12
6
9
9
9
9
8
9
7
8
9
8
Number of X's highlighted                                        

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* This table was adapted from:
    Maker, C. J., & Nielson A.B., (1996) Curriculum development and teaching strategies for gifted learners.  Austin, TX:  PRO-ED, Inc.