Conceptions of Giftedness, (2d ed).052154730XConceptions of giftedness gift·ed adj. 1. Endowed with great natural ability, intelligence, or talent: a gifted child; a gifted pianist. 2. , 2d ed. Ed. by Robert J. Sternberg Stern·berg , George Miller 1838-1915. American army physician who was US surgeon general (1893-1902) and organized (1900) the Yellow Fever Commission. and Janet Janet: see Clouet, Jean. JANET - Joint Academic NETwork E. Davidson. Cambridge U. Pr. 2005 467 pages $29.99 Paperback BF412 How can it be that a gifted and successful child becomes a gifted but failed adult? Can educators of the gifted actually direct their charges into productive lives that make the most of their gifts? In this collection of 24 articles, updated to reflect changes since the original of 1986, contributors offer theoretical guidance, translations of conceptions of giftedness into practice, and comparisons of perceptions. They cover the conception of giftedness, models to develop talents of the mathematically or verbally gifted, several models, including those that are child-responsive or developmental, creative achievement, gaining permission to be gifted, nurturing talent in gifted students of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color , systematic approaches, contexts and subjectivity, feminist perspectives, a psychometric psy·cho·met·rics n. (used with a sing. verb) The branch of psychology that deals with the design, administration, and interpretation of quantitative tests for the measurement of psychological variables such as intelligence, aptitude, and approach, the implications of an emergenic-epigenetic model, domain-specific giftedness, extreme giftedness, making giftedness productive, and conducting scientific studies of giftedness. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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