Levels of Gifted Assessment 資優兒童 等級

在其他blog看見一位美國媽媽的轉載, 以下很多項都有出現在小Bie身上,(紅色highligh部份) 從來沒有希望她是資優兒童。 當然, 如果資質聰穎一點, 輕鬆沒壓力下, 努力就能在校得到好成績倒是可喜可賀!

不過, 我還是覺得, 以下的準則不太適合香港的兒童, 在港很多父母都投放很多時間、精神、心血進行早教, 以下的某些準則似乎非常容易達到。

紅色部份均為小Bie已經表現出來的, 小小的測驗沒有令我相信她是資優, (因為某些方面, 媽咪卻覺得你為什麼教極也不懂啊!)

這刻, 反而令我心掛小弟弟, 早產小天確實影響了他某些大小肌肉發展, 而他天生好像極愛書本、文字似的, 自己卻將大部份時間陪家姐, 現在開始, 一定要好好分配時間給弟弟! 先向他的大肌肉發展入手!

 

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Ruf Estimates™ of Levels of Gifted Assessment

How Smart Is My Child?

Using the Ruf Estimates™ of Levels of Gifted

Deborah L. Ruf, Ph.D.

Many parents wonder how their children compare to other children. They worry about how to select the best school for their young children and wonder if they will not only learn up to their potential but be happy in their school environment. But, before parents can make good choices about where their children go to school, they need to learn how their children compare to the other children who will go to that school choice. The single most important factor for achieving academic as well as social and emotional success, I have found, is whether or not the child fits the school.

So, you need to find out how smart he or she is compared to the other students likely to become classmates. You may have very good reasons to suspect your children are above average, maybe even gifted (for example, your five-year-old is adding pupils and eyelashes to drawings of people or your three-year-old can read an “Exit” sign), but you’re not sure if this is advanced, normal, or means anything in particular at all. Knowing how smart your child is can be critical, because it helps parents to provide more opportunities for their kids’ increased growth, enjoyment, and success in areas of interest.

There are certain childhood behaviors—milestones—that can tell us when children are ahead of or behind others their age. Most of the charts on childhood development show the typical range of behaviors for each age group. If your child is ahead of those tables, that doesn’t necessarily mean he or she is on the fast track or slated to become the next Einstein. Levels of Giftedness range from those who are simply bright to those who are intellectually astonishing.

The Five Ruf Levels of Gifted (Levels 1-5) plus Average & High Average levels and their associated IQ ranges.

Here’s an overview of the various levels of giftedness and milestones that are common—but not necessary—to each Level.  Here, also, are the numbers at each Level of Giftedness that you are likely to find in an average elementary classroom of 28 children.  It is the overall "feel" of where the child fits that tells you the Level.

1. Level One




• These children show interest in many things before they are even two years old - like colors, saying the numbers in order, and playing simple puzzles.


• Most of them are good talkers by age three, and by four, many print letters and numbers, recognize simple signs, their name, and know most of alphabet.


• By the time they are six years old, many read beginner books and type at the computer, and most read chapter books by age seven.


• It is not unusual to find six to eight Level One children in an average classroom, children who are nearly always a few steps ahead of what the teacher is teaching the whole class.


2. Level Two




• These bright children love looking at books and being read to, even turning pages without ripping them, by 15 months. Some shout out the name of familiar stores as you drive past.


• Many of these children know lots of letters by 18 months and colors by 20 months, and between ages three and four, they count small groups of objects, print some letters and numbers, and they very likely drive their parents crazy with all their questions.


• They’ll sit for what seems like hours as you read advanced level books, especially fiction and fantasy, to them, but they require a bit less of your time by age six, because most of them read for pleasure and information on their own by then.


• Level Two children can find only one or two others in their classroom who are as advanced as they are, which starts to make it hard to find good friends.


3. Level Three




• They’re born wide-eyed and alert, looking around the room, reacting to noises, voices, faces.


• They know what adults are telling or asking them by six months. You say a toy, pet, or another person, and they will look for it.


• Everything Level Two children do by 15 months, these kids do by 10 to 12 months, and they can get family members to do what they want before they are actually talking.


• By two years, many like 35+ piece puzzles, memorize favorite books, and know the entire alphabet - in or out of order! 


• By three years old, they talk constantly, and skip count, count backwards, and do simple adding and subtracting because they like to. They love to print letters and numbers, too.


• They ask you to start easy readers before five years, and many figure out how to multiply. Divide, and do some fractions by six years.


• Most of these children are a full two to five years beyond grade level by age six and find school too slow.


• There are one or two Level Three children in every 100 in the average school.  They are rarely in the same elementary class and can feel very, very lonely.


4. Level Four




• Level Four babies love books, someone to read them, and pay attention within a few months of their birth.


• They are ahead of Level Three children by another 2 to 5 months while less than two years old.


• They have extensive, complex speaking by two years, and their vocabularies are huge!


• Most of them read easy readers by 3½ to 4½ years, and then read for information and pleasure by age five, with comprehension for youth and adult level books at about 6 - 6½ years.


• There are about one per 200 children in the average school. Without special arrangements, they can feel very different from their typical classmates.


5. Level Five




• Level Fives have talents in every possible area. Everything is sooner and more intense than others Levels.


• They have favorite TV shows before 6-8 months, pick out letters and numbers by 10-14 months, and enjoy shape sorters before 11 months.


• They print letters, numbers, words, and their names between 16-24 months, and often use anything that is available to form these shapes and figures.


• They show ability with 35+ piece puzzles by less than 15 months and interest in complex mazes before they are three.


• Musical, dramatic, and artistic aptitudes usually start showing by 18 months.


• Most speak with adult-level complexity by age two.


• At two and three-years-old they ask about how things work, and science—particularly biological and life and death questions—emerge.


• They understand math concepts and basic math functions before age four.


• They can play card and board games ages 12 and up by age 3½ to 4.


• They have high interest in pure facts, almanacs, and dictionaries by age 3½.


• Most read any level of book by 4¼ to five years.


• They read six or more years beyond grade level with comprehension by six years and usually hit 12th grade level by age 7 or 8.


• We know they occur more often than once in a million and regular grade school does not work for them. Levels Three through Five score similarly on ability tests—very high.

Once you have a sense of your children’s abilities, you can provide them with more activities and experiences that build on these strengths and take advantage of their talents. Once you have a good estimate of how smart or advanced your children are, you can begin your search for appropriate environments. Choosing the right school for your children might be the most important decision you ever make for their healthy intellectual and emotional growth.

Author’s note: Deborah Ruf, Ph.D., Minneapolis, is an international authority and specialist in gifted assessment, test interpretation, and guidance for the gifted. Having been a parent, teacher and administrator in elementary through graduate education, she writes and speaks about school issues and social and emotional adjustment of gifted children. She developed the Ruf Estimates of Levels of Gifted™, which is delineated in her book, 5 Levels of Gifted: School Issues and Educational Options (formerly titled Losing Our Minds: Gifted Children Left Behind, 2005, as well as in the new online assessment at TalentIgniter.