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Refinements, Bridges, and Themes in Our Conceptual Foundations: Mystery to Mastery--"Shifting Paradigms in Gifted Education"
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Matthews, Dona J.; Foster, Joanne F. – Roeper Review, 2006
We provide here a brief historical analysis of a movement in progress from a belief-based "mystery" model to an evidence-based "mastery" model of giftedness and talent development. We have observed that educators concerned about exceptionally capable learners are moving from a categorical notion of "the typical gifted child" with somewhat…
Descriptors: Talent Development, Skill Development, School Restructuring, Concept Formation