Hi all, I see various definitions of HG and I'm trying to understand.
Thanks
Don't try too hard, Spirited Mama, because no one agrees what HG or even just plain gifted is. You have to ask each person you are talking to what they mean by whatever term they are using before you start the conversation.
Personally, I call a kid HG when there are still having a tough time in the local gifted pull-out program relating to the kids because their learning needs are so different. Especially if the Gifted Coordinator acts like: 'This program is meeting the needs of our other gifted kids - what's wrong with yours?' I do think that Davidson puts their bar very low of the claim of PG, but since there is no accepted definition of PG or HG, and the test just fall apart at the Davidson cut offs, that this is ok. I've heard Bob D. say something like: 'IQ so high that they can not be acurately measured.'
Furthermore - each child is an individual, so if you want to meet a child's needs, then you have to access their current readiness levels and learning needs. IQ testing is part, but really a pretty small part of that.
Love and More Love,
Grinity
