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Rethinking Multipotentiality Among the Intellectually Gifted: A Critical Review and Recommendations.
Peer reviewedAchter, John A.; And Others – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1997
This paper critically reviews the concept of multipotentiality as it is applied in the literature on gifted children. Findings from a study of 1,000 gifted students are cited; above-level assessment of abilities and preferences revealed markedly differentiated profiles for 95% of students studied, suggesting that the term…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Intelligence
Peer reviewedPatton, James M. – Exceptional Children, 1992
This article presents a schema designed to guide the development of theory, methodology, and research related to the psychoeducational assessment of African-American learners with gifts and talents. The relationships among African-American worldviews, needed psychoeducational assessment theory and methodology, and desirable assessment and…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Black Students, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
