Gifted students may experience heightened sensitivity to their own expectations and those of others, resulting in guilt over achievements or grades perceived to be low. Gifted students are asynchronous. Their chronological age, social, physical, emotional, and intellectual development may all be at different levels. Mappers may get lost in the steps leading to the right answer. Their boredom can result in low achievement and grades.
Gifted children are problem solvers.
Gifted students often refuse to work for grades alone. They may not be able to select one answer in a multiple choice question because they see how all the answers might be correct. Adapted from College Planning for Gifted Students, 2nd edition , by Sandra Berger.