Cognitive Controls, Cognitive Styles, and Divergent Production in Gifted Preadolescents.

Borland, James H.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Cognitive Controls, Cognitive Styles, and Divergent Production in Gifted Preadolescents.

Borland, James H.

Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v11 n4 p57-82 Sum 1988

Cognitive controls were isolated through factor analysis with 59 intermediate-grade gifted students, and three cognitive styles were defined by cluster analysis. The cognitive style labeled "strict percept-strict concept" was associated with greater facility in divergent thinking. Study findings support explanations of giftedness through the use of qualitative or style constructs. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Divergent Thinking, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Gifted, Individual Psychology, Intermediate Grades, Preadolescents, Student Evaluation

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Language: English

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