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Education of the Gifted and Talented
Gary A. Davis,Sylvia Rimm +1 more
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This book discusses the challenges faced in matching instruction with needs and the importance of identifying Gifted and Talented Students in the classroom.Abstract:
Brief Contents Chapter 1 Gifted Education: Matching Instruction with Needs Chapter 2 Characteristics of Gifted Students Chapter 3 Identifying Gifted and Talented Students Chapter 4 Program Planning Chapter 5 Acceleration Chapter 6 Grouping Differentiation, and Enrichment Chapter 7 Curriculum Models Chapter 8 Creativity I: The Creative Person, Creative Process, and Creative Dramatics Chapter 9 Creativity II: Teaching for Creative Growth Chapter 10 Teaching Thinking Skills Chapter 11 Leadership, Affective Learning, and Character Education Chapter 12 Underachievement: Identification and Reversal Chapter 13 Cultural Diversity and Children from Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds: The Invisible Gifted Chapter 14 Gifted Children with Disabilities Chapter 15 The Cultural Underachievement of Females Chapter 16 Parenting the Gifted Child Chapter 17 Understanding and Counseling Gifted Students Chapter 18 Program Evaluation References Name Index Subject Indexread more
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Transforming gifts into talents: the DMGT as a developmental theory1
TL;DR: The Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent (DMGT) as mentioned in this paper ) is a model for the identification and evaluation of giftedness and talent in a particular occupational field, where three types of catalysts help or hinder that process: interpersonal (I) catalysts, like personal traits and self-management processes; environmental (E) catalyst, like socio-demographic factors, psychological influences (e.g., from parents, teachers, or peers), or special talent development facilities and programs; and chance (C).
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Can We Trust Creativity Tests? A Review of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT)
TL;DR: The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) as discussed by the authors is one of the most widely used tests of creativity in the world and has been translated into more than 35 languages.
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Education and Creativity
TL;DR: A review of past and current research on the relation of education to creativity in students of preschool age through age 16 in U.S. public schools is presented in this article, where several models of creative thinking are presented as well as techniques for developing creativity.
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Defining and measuring creativity: Are creativity tests worth using?
TL;DR: Creativity tests measure specific cognitive processes such as thinking divergently, making associations, constructing and combining broad categories, or working on many ideas simultaneously as mentioned in this paper, and also measure noncognitive aspects of creativity such as motivation (e.g., impulse expression, desire for novelty, risk-taking), and facilitatory personal properties like flexibility, tolerance for independence, or positive attitudes to differentness.
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The origins and ends of giftedness.
TL;DR: Few gifted children go on to become adult creators because the skills and personality factors required to be a creator are very different from those typical of even the most highly gifted children.