Description
Focuses on one of the most widely debated topics in the field, addressing the challenges educators face in attempting to accurately identify gifted and talented students.
Table of Contents
About the Editors
Series Introduction - Sally M. Reis
Introduction to Identification of Students for Gifted and Talented Programs - Joseph S. Renzulli
1. Is Any Identification Procedure Necessary? - Jack W. Birch
2. Myth: There Must be "Winners" and "Losers" in Identification and Programming! - Carolyn M. Callahan
3. The Role of Creativity in the Identification of the Gifted and Talented - E. Paul Torrance
4. Identifying Young, Potentially Gifted, Economically Disadvantaged Students - James H. Borland, Lisa Wright
5. Nonentrenchment in the Assessment of Intellectual Giftedness - Robert J. Sternberg
6. Lies We Live By: Misapplication of Tests in Identifying the Gifted - Robert J. Sternberg
7. Myth: The Gifted Constitutes 3-5% of the Population - Joseph S. Renzulli
8. The Legacy and Logic of Research on the Identification of Gifted Persons - Joseph S. Renzulli, Marcia A. B. Delcourt
9. Problems in the Identification of Giftedness, Talent, or Ability - John F. Feldhusen, J. William Asher, and Steven M. Hoover
10. Cognitive Profiles of Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Students: Implications for Identification of the Gifted - Camilla Persson Benbow, Lola L. Minor
11. Screening and Identifying Students Talented in the Visual Arts: Clark's Drawing Abilities Test - Gilbert Clark
12. The Characteristics Approach: Identification and Beyond - Sylvia Rimm
13. The Influence of Identification Practices, Race and SES on the Identification of Gifted Students - Jamieson A. McKenzie
14. Labeling Gifted Youngsters: Long-term Impact on Families - Nicholas Colangelo, Penny Brower
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