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Comments on an article by Françoys Gagné (see record 2004-22507-002). This paper by Françoys Gagné represents a substantial effort to examine a large body of research and theory related to human abilities and interpret it from the perspective of his Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent (DGMT). While the DMGT is highly speculative and tries hard to relate its message to technical conceptions of giftedness and talent, he has nevertheless done an excellent job of drawing in much of the most relevant theory and research. One major problem with the paper is his efforts to define 'giftedness', a term used very little outside of the professional field of gifted education: high ability, natural ability, precocity, talent, aptitude--which should it be? And then he goes on and tries to give us frequency or numbers or percentages for 'giftedness and talent' reflecting a continuing and often seemingly arbitrary and fruitless quest for the magic numbers. Finally, the author disagrees with Gagné's dismissal of Ericsson's excellent and well-recognized research on the development of skills and expertise--topics which are highly relevant to talent development. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Reviews research on theory and identification of gifted and talented youth. Conceptions of giftedness and talent are examined as they relate to the identification process. It is argued that giftedness is a complex phenomenon comprised of both intellectual and social emotional factors and that acceleration should be the major approach to educating gifted youth. Grouping gifted youth is then examined, with particular emphasis on recent meta-analyses of grouping procedures. Ability grouping leads to higher academic achievement for gifted youth, serves as a stimulus or motivator, and confirms the legitimacy of the students' personal identity. (Chinese abstract) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Reviews current conceptions of giftedness and intelligence and presents a conception of giftedness as an interaction of intelligence, special abilities or talents, self-concept, and resultant motivation to achieve. A distinction is made between traits that are identified in young children and behaviors that serve as goals or outcomes of a program for gifted students. It is concluded that motivation, self-concept, and creativity should not serve as components of an identification scheme, but should be major goals of gifted programs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Discusses problems in the identification of gifted and talented children that can occur at any point in the identification process. The 5 major steps involved in such a process are outlined: defining program goals and types of youth to be served, nomination procedures, assessment procedures, individual differentiation, and validation of the identification process. (15 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Giftedness, talent, expertise, and creative achievement are inextricably linked concepts. As we seek to understand the development of abilities in youth and the rise to high-level achievement in adulthood, these concepts may guide our efforts to nurture and establish conditions for their full fruition. The purpose of this chapter, then, is to examine the basic nature of giftedness, talent, expertise, and creative achievement and their interrelationships as they affect and guide the education of gifted and talented youth and to delineate guidelines for the development of high-level and creative achievement in adulthood. What genetic potentials and facilitative conditions combine and interact to produce expertise and/or high-level creative achievement? From exhaustive study of the lives of creative achievers, Gardner (1993) and Simonton (1997) offer some insights based on in-depth analysis of the lives of high-level, creative achievers. At first one is struck by the diversity among very high achievers: staid Albert Einstein, flamboyant Picasso, isolated Georgia O'Keefe, scholarly Darwin, and adventurous Ernest Hemingway! Are there common characteristics that might account for their genius or serve as predictors of creative achievement? Or are they too unique as examples of high-level achievement? Insights derived from research on the lives of great achievers are examined later in this chapter. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: create)

Giftedness is a concept ingrained in our educational vocabulary. We often think of a small, elite group of academically and intellectually bright children, sitting in classrooms, hungry for bookish knowledge. In fact, "giftedness" is a narrow conception of a multifactor phenomenon better described as "talent." This chapter promotes the concept of talent and talent development, first providing some historical background information about the concept of giftedness in American education, including the nature–nurture debate. Next, some of the myths surrounding gifted education are debunked by identifying the failures of the system to recognize and foster talents. Finally, models are presented that explore the development of academic, artistic, vocational, and personal—social talents in schools and that delineate a developmental sequence of talent development. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: chapter)

This reprinted article originally appeared in Gifted Child Quarterly, Vol 28(4), 149-151. The following abstract of the original article appeared in (see record 1985-23834-001). Discusses problems in the identification of gifted and talented children that can occur at any point in the identification process. The 5 major steps involved in such a process are outlined: defining program goals and types of youth to be served, nomination procedures, assessment procedures, individual differentiation, and validation of the identification process. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: create)

[study was] established to gather information about the accomplishments and future plans of former PACE students a combined longitudinal and retrospective multi-case study design was employed / the longitudinal component was designed to investigate the accomplishments and future plans of secondary [school] students who had been identified as gifted in elementary school . . . and who had participated in the PACE program for at least three years / purpose of the retrospective component of the PACE follow-up study was to investigate the perceptions of 12th-grade students and their families of PACE's effectiveness in developing participating students' talent developmental perspective was introduced into the retrospective portion of the current study by asking participants to share their perceptions of both short- and long-term effects of the PACE program (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: chapter)

addresses the following questions: who are the gifted and talented / how do we define giftedness and talent / how can we identify these youth / why should we identify them / definitions are presented for a variety of terms associated with giftedness and talent and specific procedures for selecting youth for special educational programs are presented the need to link identification information with specific program and service options for individual gifted students is emphasized as well as the need to pursue identification as a continuous process, not as a one-time effort differences between identification at the elementary and secondary levels are noted / the need to identify artistic and vocational talent is also stressed (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: chapter)

This chapter has two purposes: to provide a review of the existing research on the characteristics of families of gifted children, and to make suggestions for future research on such families from a systemic perspective. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: chapter)

current practice in gifted education continues . . . to favor a general giftedness approach and the identification of all-purpose gifted youth, with far less attention to their special gifts and talents / review conceptions of giftedness in greater depth, discuss operational systems for identifying gifted and talented youth, examine concepts related to selection, and draw conclusions and guidelines for practitioners conceptions of giftedness and talent / special populations / developing identification systems / phases of identification / criteria for test selection / test instruments / data synthesis (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: chapter)

"Identification of Gifted and Talented Youth for Educational Programs" / John F. Feldhusen and Fathi A. Jarwan "Dynamic Assessment of Gifted Students" / Lannie Kanevsky "Early Identification of High Ability" / Christoph Perleth, Tanja Schatz and Frank J. Mönks "Prediction of Excellence in School, Higher Education, and Work" / Günter Trost (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: book)