Showing papers in "Gifted Child Quarterly in 1970"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a test that can be used in classifying adolescents and adults for experimental groupings to facilitate their search for better ways of teaching creative or creatively-oriented people.
Abstract: (the results of research) to a large class of 200 or more students. The plan was to have students respond to the instrument, explain the procedure used in developing it, have students score their own responses, and explain the underlying rationale and research basis for each item. Second, he was interested in developing for research purposes a brief, easily administered and scored test that could be used in classifying adolescents and adults for experimental groupings to facilitate his search for better ways of teaching creat i ve I y-gifted or creatively-oriented people.
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TL;DR: In this country there is widespread belief that every human being has a right to optimum development of his potentialities and that every person possesses a unique set of potentialities, interests, goals, percepts, liabilities, and assets as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: 1 Prepared for Northeast Regional Conference for the Gifted and Creative, November 5, 1970, New Haven, Connecticut. In this country there is widespread belief that every human being has a right to optimum development of his potentialities and that every person possesses a unique set of potentialities, interests, goals, percepts, liabilities, and assets. Yet we have never been able to work up very much support for educational provisions that will give
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TL;DR: This paper concluded that the gifted child is superior to the non-gifted child and under all conditions shows positive growth trends, and Ketcham (1968) summed up this view when he observed that in reading the literature one concludes it is not possible for the schools to harm gifted children-they continue to improve no matter what the situation.
Abstract: same general type of results, Independent of what was being investigated, the overwhelming conclusion was that the gifted child is superior to the non-gifted child and under all conditions shows positive growth trends. Although this, admittedly, is an oversimplification, it is a view reached by others who review the research on the gifted. Ketcham (1968) summed up this view when he observed that in reading the literature one concludes it is not possible for the schools to harm gifted children-they continue to improve no matter what the situation.
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TL;DR: A frequent problem of gifted chilren,young people,and adults is loneliless or isolation as discussed by the authors, while this loneliness nay have driven a few eminent ndividuals to great achievements, b y far the more frequent result is under2chievement, apathy, withdrawal, iiolence, delinquency, and mental i l l less.
Abstract: A frequent problem of gifted chiljren,young people,and adults is loneliless or isolation. While this loneliness nay have driven a few eminent ndividuals to great achievements, b y Far the more frequent result is under2chievement, apathy, withdrawal, iiolence, delinquency, and mental i l l less. One of man's most fundamental weds is for anchors in reality guides to behavior. At least some of these anchors or guides must be obtained from peers.
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TL;DR: The natural aristocracy was considered as the most precious gift of nature, for the instruction, the trusts, and government of society by the Founding Fathers of the United States of America as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Similar views were held by our Founding Fathers. Thus, Thomas Jefferson wrote his old comrade-in-arms, John Adams, from Monticello on October 28, 1813, that &dquo;there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents ... The natural aristocracy I consider as the most precious gift of nature, for the instruction, the trusts, and government of society. And indeed, it would have been inconsistent in creation to have formed men for the social state, and not to have provided virtue and wisdom enough to manage the concerns of the society. May we not even say that form of government is best, which provides the most for a pure selection of these natural aristoi into the offices of government?&dquo; Jefferson esteemed the American system of representative government,
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of simultaneous sensory stimulation were reported in a study in which it was observed that activated subjects became more flexible and spontaneous in their expressions after exposures, and participants participated in a variety of artistic projects before and after the application of intensive sensory stimulation with the prediction that after productions would reveal psychologically healthier and more creative expression.
Abstract: The writer (1966) first reported the effects of simultaneous sensory stimulation in a study in which it was observed that activated subjects became more flexible and spontaneous in their expressions after exposures. To demonstrate the effects more clearly, the subjects participated in a variety of artistic projects before and after the application of intensive sensory stimulation with the prediction that after productions would reveal psychologically healthier and more creative expression. The procedure involved a high frequency oscilator accompanied with percussion music for auditory stimulation; a black and white phosphorescent spiral wheel in constant motion in a darkened
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TL;DR: For example, this article pointed out that the problems of gifted girls and women have been little studied and suggested that here may be many under-developed potentials and that adequate data for meaningful research on talented women is unavailable.
Abstract: Dr. Catherine Bruch of the University of Georgia, stated in the 1969 issue of the Gifted Child Quarterly that &dquo;the problems of gifted girls and women have been little studied.&dquo; She suggested that here may be many under-developed potentials. Paul Heist (1964) of the Center of the Study of Higher Education at the University of California in Berkeley has found that adequate data for meaningful research on talented women is unavailable. Nevertheless, there have been a few studies of gifted girls that have been included in studies of the gifted of both sexes.
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TL;DR: The Lincoln School as discussed by the authors was founded by one individual's faith in the concept coupled with a dogged determination to see it happen, and his faith was viewed as a leading force in breathing life into this unique educational project.
Abstract: Credit for the formation of T h e Lincoln School certainly must not be considered a singular thing. Several individuals and groups were responsible for the development of a fine idea into a workable reality. Yet one individual's faith in t h e concept coupled with a dogged determination to see it happen must be viewed as t h e leading force in breathing life into this unique educational project.
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TL;DR: For example, it has been observed by Torrance as mentioned in this paper that children understand the social consequences of sex roles by the fourth grade if not before, and most theories of vocational choice stresi the role played by the self-concept in formulating career ideas.
Abstract: The vocational interests of boys and girls are determined by sociocultural determinants as well as by biological and intellectual potentialities. The social and cultural factors often come into play with l i t t l e or no regard to the individual's talents and abilities. For example, sex stereotypes in a culture prevent many talented men from entering fields considered feminine\" and keep many women from preparing for a vocation regarded as \"masculine\" (7). Most theories of vocational choice stresi the role played by the self-concept in formulating career ideas (10) and it has been observed by Torrance (12) that \"Children understand the social consequences of sex roles by the fourth grade if not before.\" ,,
TL;DR: The Program Leading to Unlimited Scholarship (PLUS) as mentioned in this paper was created by the Placentia Unified School District (PUSD) in Orange County, California, to provide experiences for gifted children in grades four to twelve which were designed to broaden, deepen and enhance learning while motivating and challenging the learner.
Abstract: The Placentia Unified School District, located in Orange County, California, initiated i t s Program Leading to Unlimited Scholarship (PLUS) in 1965. From i t s inception, the program intent was to provide experiences for gifted children in grades four to twelve which were designed to broaden, deepen and enhance learning while motivating and challenging the learner. Attendance a t the Saturday morning PLUS activities, with parents providing transportation, was voluntary.
TL;DR: By my graduate students as discussed by the authors, the graduate students reacted emotionally with fear to the fact that they did not know the language of research and statistics, while the gifted undergraduates, high school students, and upper elementary youngsters had no such fears.
Abstract: by my graduate students. The graduate students reacted emotionally with fear to the fact that they did not know the language of research and statistics. The gifted undergraduates, high school students, and upper elementary youngsters had no such fears. They simply plunged into the research literature, using their skills for finding out and came out with rather accurate understandings of what they read.