Teacher+nomination

=Teacher nomination=

Teachers may nominate students as gifted based on observation of behaviours in their own class.look for common characteristics of gifted students like:

Use of rating scales can be helpful

Advantages

 * Students is observed in various learning situations.
 * Performance can be compared with other students.
 * Can be effective for identification of non academic intelligences
 * Can be effective for identification of hidden and twice gifted students

Disadvantages

 * Students displaying negative characteristics that are sometimes symptomatic of giftedness may be disregarded.
 * Since the majority of teachers are white, middle-class and mono-cultural minority cultural groups may be less likely to be nominated
 * Low expectations of Mäori students further reduces the chance of identifying these students

Education regarding these disadvantages may lessen their effects.