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Peer reviewedStanley, Julian C. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1997
Discusses the different characteristics that are often lumped together under the multidimensional term "giftedness." The origins of the term, the contributions of individual psychologists and others in identifying gifted students, and the life outcomes of mathematically and/or verbally precocious youth identified by talent searches are examined.…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Gifted
Peer reviewedEdelman, Steve – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1996
The third edition of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III) is reviewed. A comparison of the WISC-III with the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) is included. Discusses shortcomings of the WISC-III while noting that overall, there are substantial improvements in the WISC-III over the WISC-R. (KW)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, Children, Comparative Analysis
Kingma, Johannes, Ed.; Tomic, Welko, Ed. – 1997
This book contains papers that discuss the "g factor" (general intellectual capacity) in discerning intelligence and how to influence the development of intelligence. The g factor relates to the theory that individuals who do well on one mental ability test tend to do well on other mental ability tests due to an innate ability. Chapters…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Blacks, Cognitive Ability, Environmental Influences
