Indicators of eminence derived from word and citation counts in primary biographical articles in encyclopedias published at the turn of the century, in 1935, and 1974 correlate positively .33 overall with IQ estimates made from biographical sources on a select sample of 282 persons, including philosophers, scientists, writers, musicians and…

Review of the first 14 years (1971-1985) of the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth at The Johns Hopkins University reveals that many youths who reasoned exceptionally well mathematically were identified, studied further, and aided. The use of longitudinal teaching teams in nonguided instructional settings is encouraged. (Author/CL)

The paper responds to a criticism of the SOI (Structure of Intellect) model for gifted students. The author argues that the article is too negative in tone and fails to acknowledge the strengths and values of SOI tests. (Author/CL)

According to the Jeffersonian point of view, great attention should be given to quality education, and all youth with outstanding talent should be guaranteed university training, including graduate study. (CK)

The former director of Iran's gifted education program and his wife discuss the fate of the program in Iran and their efforts in INTERGATE, International Gifted and Talented Education. (CL)

Uses the thoughts and work of novelist John Irving to illustrate the prominence of non-talent components in the componential model of creativity, explaining that raw talent, clever imagination, and a creative personality are insufficient to ensure creative success and that hard work and love of a craft (intrinsic motivation) are at least as…

The question proposed to the debaters, "Is consensus on a definition of giftedness in the field possible, desirable, or necessary?" appears to request a choice between three independent alternatives. In this article, the author illustrates what the lack of consensus among scholars and professionals really looks like. A brief survey of the current…

The "Rocky Mountain Talent Search" (RMTS) at the University of Denver was developed based on the talent search model developed by Dr Julian Stanley of Johns Hopkins University. This article summarizes the establishment of RMTS and outlines its contemporary programs. Guided by the philosophy that gifted students have unique needs, require academic…

The purposes of this study were to identify how Ivorian HRD professionals in banks perceived their current expertise levels of the HRD competencies, and how these professionals perceived the importance of these competencies needed to be successful in their occupations. In addition, this study determined competencies that are perceived to have the…

While public attention remains focused on the highest unemployment numbers in a generation, New York City is drifting toward a structural crisis with which policy makers could be grappling long after the recession fades to a bad memory. Even as the concerns about financial capital that spurred the downturn begin to subside, public officials must…

Talent identification and development processes are important components of many dance programmes, yet talent is notoriously difficult to define and its identification may rely on intuitive judgements. Taking a systematic approach to the study of dance talent could enable researchers and educators to better determine what talent actually "is," the…

In this commentary, the author focuses on the claim summarized in the last sentence of the target article's abstract. To begin, the concept of talent does not require the existence of "innate constraints to the attainment of elite achievement". On the contrary, genetic endowment may merely influence the rate at which domain-specific expertise is…

Although successful entrepreneurship is important for the economic prosperity of any society, one should acknowledge that entrepreneurial giftedness is terra incognita from a research viewpoint. This article analyzes early manifestations of entrepreneurial giftedness in the cases of Richard Branson, Michael Dell, and Bill Gates and thus opens a…

The Impossible Figures Task (IFT-28), which consisted of 28 possible and impossible figures assembled for brief exposure and recognition, was completed by 297 Hong Kong Chinese gifted students. Expert judges (N = 2) rated these students' drawing abilities based on their performance on 2 drawing tasks adapted from Clark's Drawing Abilities Test…

Twenty-five years ago when Harry Judge published "American Graduate Schools of Education: a view from abroad", he referred to his subject as a "puzzle". These institutions were in the midst of a transition from a focus upon the education of academically talented children mostly from affluent backgrounds to the schooling of children of disparate…