Brenda Nicole Montañez

FOUNDATIONS OF Ilyne G. Culili

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SPECIAL & INCLUSIVE III-1 BME
YR.& SEC. _______________________________
EDUCATION DATE: OCTOBER 10, 2019
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MS. Z.U. CUSTODIO

Worksheet 2: Gifted and Genius

The purpose of this activity is to analyze the definitions and characteristics of giftedness through
the lives of gifted people themselves.

In a group of 2 students, explain why the person presented by Group 1 earlier in the class was considered
to be gifted. Cite at least two definitions and three characteristics of giftedness from our main reference
material as you explain your answer. (Use additional sheet of paper as necessary)

Question No. 1
Why is Stephen Hawking considered to be Gifted?

Stephen Hawking is definitely a gifted one due to the following definitions that would fit his
characteristics perfectly.

1. Renzulli Three Trait Definition

a. above-average general intellectual abilities (His IQ was 160 which is above the 145
that is categorized as exceptionally gifted)
b. high-level of task commitment ( It is recorded that in 3 years, he spent 1000 hours in
working)
c. creativity (He exemplified this characteristic by creating a device that would help him
speak his mind to the people working with him)
2. Piirto’s Talent Development Concept
 Observational Power (Well, it is trully evident in his work and it is recorded in one of
his biographies that during his early days instead of playing games like what the other
children of his age was doing, he tried to detached the parts of a radio and see how those
parts function.
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 3. Howard Gardner’s Definition (Multiple Intelligence)
 He is exceptionally good in terms of logical mathematical interpersonal and
intrapersonal.
 For logical mathematical, his work on the field of science is a living proof.
 For intrapersonal, he managed to accept his life disturbed with his sickness (ALS). His
proof of mind over matter.
 Intrapersonal, for it was written that he was really humurous.

2. What are the characteristics of Stephen Hawking that makes him Gifted?
Stephen Hawking is a gifted person because he exhibited some characteristics that make him
one. His very act of theorizing on the existence of blackholes based on the work of Albert Einstein’s
General Theory of Relativity and the Quantum Mechanics proves that Hawking possesses the
combination of intense intellectual curiosity and the ability to relate one idea to another. These traits
of him are surely what enabled him to come up with such a novel idea that people prior to him had
not thought would be possible. The intensity of his intellectual curiosity was beyond telling that it
drove him to undertake several studies on things that mankind had not put its interest on several
years before. Moreover, as his biography states, Hawking has the tendency towards introversion
which is a characteristic of those with IQ scores 3 standard deviation or greater above the mean.
According to him, quiet people have the loudest minds. His tendency towards introversion could be
traced back when he was young, and his family would not simply talk to each other during meals but
would instead kill time by reading. He may have changed his aura during college days a bit but his
preference for introversion is would come in hand from time to time.