Called the Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students, this tool lists dozens of characteristics of gifted children under categories that range from leadership and communication to math to art and music.

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On a fundamental level, the filmed lessons feature a class of Uruguayan students with social characteristics mirroring those of the target groups of learners.

UNESCO: Country Profile: Uruguay

Unfortunately, accounting and business professors may have many of the same personality characteristics as their students.

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When law students ask me what common characteristics I have seen over the decades of the best lawyers, I say among other things is that they pay attention to detail.

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Experts say that the concern with profiling is that it can include a high percentage of students that have similar characteristics.

BBC: Cho Seung-hui