“…Non-intellectual behavior characteristics found to distinguish students with high ability include higher levels of anxiety (Tallent-Runnels, Olivarez, Lotven, Walsh, Gray & Irons, 1994), a more positive attitude toward subject matter (Hoover & Feldhusen, 1990), greater task commitment (Renzulli, 1986;Tannenbaum, 1983), intense interest (Borkowski & Peck, 1986;Kanevsky, 1992), a more positive, task-related selfconcept (Clark, 1992;Li, 1988), and a more intrinsic motivation orientation (Li, 1988). A few of these studies are described.…”