What are your talents?
What does it mean to be gifted?
If a person has the potential for exceptional performance, they are said to be gifted or talented. Today, science assumes that giftedness requires both a genetic component and an environment that fosters performance. Giftedness research divides giftedness into different areas of knowledge and ability.
According to this, there are cognitive talents, which include intelligence, photographic memory, mathematical memory and emotional intelligence. A feeling for language and artistic talent fall into the areas of music, language and entertainment. Sporting, manual and dexterity talents are summarised under movement coordination.
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Organisational talent can also be a talent. Gifted people usually show an affinity for a certain material, a certain task or a certain thing and a fun, easy approach to it. They make comparatively rapid progress in certain areas and achieve a level of performance that is above average.
Asking about interests correctly
«What are your talents?» is a question that boys and girls often find difficult to answer. Questions that they can think about for a while on their own can help them to find out where their personal strengths and interests lie. Here are a few examples:
- What do you like to collect?
- If you could do magic, what would your ideal school be like?
- What types of books are you interested in?
- How many friends do you have? Are you happy with that?
- Have you ever invented a game or something else? Describe it briefly.
- What would you like to find out more about, what would you like to learn?
- What often annoys you?
- What would you like to have more time for?
- You can ask an old, wise person who knows everything about the world and life three questions. What would you ask them?
- What is your greatest wish?
Excerpt from the interest questionnaire for primary school, (2nd) 3rd to 6th grade, from Joëlle Huser's «Bright spots for bright minds»
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