Identifying the Gifted Child Humorist

The purpose of this study was to identify gifted child humorists, and to explore various cognitive, motivational, and socio‐affective factors that influence their ability to produce humor. Nomination forms were administered to 1.204 children and teachers in grades 3–6 from three suburban districts in New York. Final identification of the 13 gifted child humorists was determined by joint agreement of two adult evaluators who applied criteria of funniness, originality, exemplary performance, and above‐grade‐level expectations to each child's product or performance.