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  • Comments on an article by Françoys Gagné (see record 2004-22507-002) on the Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent (DMGT). A practitioner examines theoretical models not only for conceptual understanding but also in search of guidelines for everyday work, so my comments on Gagné's DMGT are offered from this somewhat limited point of view. The Model leads me to the realm of the 'heredity-environment' issue by conceiving giftedness as innate genetic attributes and talents as outstanding skilled performance. However, by thinking of giftedness as 'the raw material' that makes talent, I am drawn back to the idea that genetics set the limits and environment shapes the expressions of human abilities--a position which has been challenged (Conlan, 1993; Clark, 1998). Furthermore, a talent so defined will not come into being without giftedness; nevertheless giftedness is only detected when 'processed' into a talent. Since it is not easy to have a hold on giftedness except through performance, that is to say through a 'talent', the only way to locate gifted students would be by spotting the 'talented students', meaning those who already show noticeable performance. Therefore, for practical purposes one is justified in thinking of talent as equal to giftedness, a point which the article disputes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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