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Giftedness.

Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2000
Gifted children, those with unusually high ability in one or more domains, not only develop more rapidly than typical children, but also appear to be qualitatively different. They have an intense drive to master, require little explicit tuition, and, if intellectually gifted, often pose deep philosophical questions.
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Giftedness

Clinical Pediatrics, 1989
A cohort of 200 children, who were followed from birth and periodically evaluated as part of a longitudinal study of child development, was used to determine the ability of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID) to predict children who would be considered intellectually gifted at 7.5 years. The cohort was predominantly white (91%), upper middle
B K, Shapiro   +5 more
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The construct of giftedness

Peabody Journal of Education, 1997
In this article, I assert that giftedness is not a fact of nature or something that educators and psychologists have discovered. Instead, it is a socially constructed concept, something recently invented. I review the evolution of this construction and discuss some of the practical implications of the construct's application in education.
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EXPERTISE AND GIFTEDNESS

European Journal of High Ability, 1991
Abstract The thesis of this paper is that to be gifted means being able to go through the developmental curve from novice to expert more rapidly. Central in growing expertise are the building up of pattern recognition capabilities, schema formation, proceduralization of the knowledge base, and the development of a multistrategy control structure ...
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GIFTEDNESS: An Exceptionality Examined

Annual Review of Psychology, 1998
▪ Abstract  The study of giftedness has practical origins. High-level performance intrigues people. Theoretically, the study of giftedness is related to the psychology of individual differences and has focused on the constructs of intelligence, creativity, and motivation.
A, Robinson, P R, Clinkenbeard
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Five Values of Giftedness

Roeper Review, 2011
This article describes five values attributed to giftedness. The ascription of values to this phenomenon resembles values attached to gifts in gift-giving processes. Whereas gift-giving often includes expectations of reciprocity, each gift possesses a numerical, utility, social, personal, and intrinsic value.
Besjes, K.M., de Ruyter, D.J.
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