Part of a 12-volume set, each article in this volume provides an overview of the material to be presented, presents research and discusses how readers can put the research to use.
"A joint publication of Corwin Press and the National Association for Gifted Children." Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Introduction to Definitions and conceptions of giftedness / Robert J. Sternberg The nature of giftedness and talent / A. Harry Passow What do we mean by giftedness? : a pentagonal implicit theory / Robert J. Sternberg, Li-fang Zhang Moving into the mainstream? : reflections on the study of giftedness / Nancy Ewald Jackson Metacognition, intelligence, and giftedness / Bruce M. Shore, Arlene C. Dover Divergent thinking, creativity, and giftedness / Mark A. Runco Wisdom as a form of giftedness / Robert J. Sternberg Giftedness and talent : reexamining a reexamination of the definitions / Françoys Gagné Profiles of the gifted and talented / George T. Betts, Maureen Neihart Childhood traits and environmental conditions of highly eminent adults / Herbert J. Walberg [and others] Developmental potential of the gifted / Michael M. Piechowski, Nicholas Colangelo Child prodigies : a distinctive form of giftedness / David Henry Feldman A developmental view of giftedness / Frances Degen Horowitz Wherefore art thou, multiple intelligences? : alternative assessments for identifying talent in ethnically diverse and low income students / Jonathan A. Plucker, Carolyn M. Callahan, and Ellen M. Tomchin
