Section 392-170-036 - Definition - Learning characteristicsAs used in this chapter, the term unique needs shall mean that identified highly capable students generally possess these learning characteristics:
(1) Capacity to learn with unusual depth of understanding, to retain what has been learned, and to transfer learning to new situations;(2) Capacity and willingness to deal with increasing levels of abstraction and complexity earlier than their chronological peers;(3) Ability to make unusual connections among ideas and concepts;(4) Ability to learn very quickly in their area(s) of intellectual strength;(5) Capacity for intense concentration and/or focus.Wash. Admin. Code § 392-170-036
Statutory Authority: Chapter 28A.185 RCW. 98-12-002 (Order 98-07), § 392-170-036, filed 5/20/98, effective 6/20/98.