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From the Editor’s Desk Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Don Ambrose
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 46, No. 2, 2024)
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Stepping into the Future: An Interview with Jennifer Riedl Cross Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Jennifer Riedl Cross, Suzanna E. Henshon
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 46, No. 2, 2024)
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The Overlooked Role of Modalities in Multi-Exceptional Children Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Linda K. Silverman
Multi-exceptional children often have deficits in auditory, visual, or sensory processing. As few psychologists have training in modalities, these deficits may be misdiagnosed as AD/HD, Nonverbal L...
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How Colonialism Contributed to the Racialized History of Indigenous People by Unethical Diagnostic Implementations of Categories and Classifications – Overlooking Exceptionalities Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-03-20 John Terry Ward
This article looks at how colonialism has contributed to the racialized history of Indigenous people by unethical diagnostic implementations of categories and classifications, while overlooking exc...
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Improving Society: An Interview With Policy Strategist and Principal at the Raben Group, Erica West Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Interviewed by Don Ambrose
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 46, No. 2, 2024)
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The Additional Burden of Auditory Processing Skill “Deficits” for a Young Person with Multiple Exceptionalities: A Case Study of a Twice-Exceptional Student Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Michelle Ronksley-Pavia
This article reports on the findings of a qualitative case study exploring the auditory skill “deficits” of a twice-exceptional male student who had multiple exceptionalities, including deficits in...
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A Profile of Gifted Individuals With Developmental Coordination Disorder Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Ophélie A. Desmet, Tania Gevaert, F. Richard Olenchak
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), also known as Dyspraxia, is an often overlooked or misdiagnosed disorder and little research exists on how it manifests among cognitively gifted children....
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Processing Speed in Gifted Children: A Clinical Neuropsychological Perspective Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Paul Beljan, Justin M. Gardner, Dana Homaijani
Children with gifted intellects often earn lower scores on measures of processing speed than their nongifted counterparts. However, neuropsychological research indicates such a profile of scores is...
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Introduction to the Often Overlooked Multiple Exceptionalities Special Issue Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-02-07 F. Richard Olenchak, Ophélie A. Desmet
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 46, No. 2, 2024)
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Academic, Clinical, and Psychosocial Profiles for High Ability Individuals With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Brandon LeBeau, Megan Foley-Nicpon, Alissa F. Doobay, Katherine Schabilion, Christopher L. Smith, Amanda J. Berns, Susan G. Assouline
How mental health disorders such as obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) manifest in high ability youth has received little empirical attention, and differentiating OCD from other diagnoses like aut...
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From the Editor’s Desk Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Don Ambrose
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 46, No. 1, 2024)
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A Philosophical Approach to Talent Development Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Anne Van de Vijver, Sven Mathijssen
High ability and talent development literature present different and sometimes competing or contradictory goals for talent development. One side emphasizes that talents should be developed to enabl...
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Profiles of Exceptionally Talented Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): An Exploration Using Q Factor Analysis Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-01-03 C. June Maker, Randy Pease, A. Kadir Bahar
During the Cultivating Diverse Talent in STEM (CDTIS), studies were designed to identify and cultivate talent in potential innovators from low socioeconomic status (SES) and cultural groups underre...
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Those Who Gift Only Themselves: An Analysis of Gifted Narcissists as Ultimate Self-Transactionalists Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Ophélie A. Desmet, Robert J. Sternberg
Researchers have argued that many leaders, such as CEOs and politicians, tend to possess narcissistic traits. At healthy and productive levels, narcissistic traits, such as self-promotion, may actu...
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Juggling Many Important, Complex Projects: An Interview With New York City Parks Administrator Eric Peterson Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Interviewed by Don Ambrose
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 46, No. 1, 2024)
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Developing Futures Thinking Literacy Among Middle School Gifted and Regular Students Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Hava Vidergor
The current study examined the effects of an intervention developing Futures Thinking Literacy (FTL) among middle school gifted and regular students. Study participants (N = 877) were divided into ...
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The Topic That Is Not to Be Discussed: The Meaning and Deployment of Giftedness in the Dominion of Lord Voldemort Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Robert J. Sternberg
This article discusses a problem in the field of giftedness—the meaning and deployment of giftedness in authoritarian systems, or in declining, failing, or pseudo-democracies. This problem exists f...
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A Global Perspective: An Interview With Dr. Albert Ziegler Roeper Review Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Albert Ziegler, Suzanna E. Henshon
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 46, No. 1, 2024)
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Marcia Gentry: Early Research Passions and Subsequent Important Contributions to Equity and Diverse Students Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Sally M. Reis
When Marcia Gentry died last year, our field lost a fierce champion for inclusion and equity. In this article, I reflect on her work and the ways in which her early research helped to develop her i...
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The Life and Work of Marcia Gentry: Providing Opportunities and Promoting Excellence Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Nielsen Pereira, Scott J. Peters
In this article, we explore the work of Marcia Gentry as it relates to Project Having Opportunities Promotes Excellence (HOPE).We describe Project HOPE, the hundreds of scholarships it provided to ...
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Invigorating Ethical Citizenship and Protecting Democracy: An Interview With Kettering Foundation Director of External Affairs, Brad Rourke Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Interviewed by Don Ambrose
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 45, No. 4, 2023)
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Inspiring the Future: An Interview with Kenneth Kiewra Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Kenneth A. Kiewra, Suzanna E. Henshon
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 45, No. 4, 2023)
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Professor Marcia Gentry Walked the Talk Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Susan G. Assouline
Our colleague, Professor Marcia Gentry, left us too soon. Thankfully, her professional legacy lives through her scholarship. Likewise, her impact on family and friends endures through her timeless ...
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Memories and Musings: My Experiences with Marcia Gentry and More Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Susan Baum
Marcia Gentry personified a life well-lived. In this tribute to her work and legacy, her early ideas are highlighted. The author describes her professional experiences with Marcia during the years ...
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Marcia Gentry as Influencer: Leader, Scholar, Colleague, Friend Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Joseph S. Renzulli
In this article, I describe a few personal favorite contributions of Dr. Marcia Gentry, one of the most successful graduates from our doctoral program at the University of Connecticut, as well as a...
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What Matters is the Deployment, Not the Possession of Gifts: A Tribute to Marcia Gentry Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Robert J. Sternberg
The late Marcia Gentry sought equity in the identification and instruction of the gifted. This was a noble and proper goal: Inequity has been a problem in the field of giftedness since the very beg...
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Introduction to the Special Issue for Marcia Gentry Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Robert J. Sternberg, Sally M. Reis
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 45, No. 4, 2023)
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From the Editor’s Desk Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Don Ambrose
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 45, No. 4, 2023)
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In Remembrance of Marcia Gentry: Major Themes Emerging in a Special Issue in Her Honor Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Robert J. Sternberg, Sally M. Reis
In this final essay, we summarize some of the main themes of this special issue of the Roeper Review dedicated to the scholarly and educational contributions of Marcia Gentry. Our goal is to provid...
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From the Editor’s Desk Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Don Ambrose
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 45, No. 3, 2023)
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Focusing on the Future: An Interview with Megan Foley-Nicpon Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Megan Foley-Nicpon, Suzanna E. Henshon
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 45, No. 3, 2023)
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Preserving Cultural Heritage: An Interview With Conservator of Cultural Property, Amanda Gould Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Interviewed by Don Ambrose
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 45, No. 3, 2023)
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Maladaptive Daydreaming, Overexcitability, and Emotion Regulation Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Paula Thomson, Victoria Jaque
ABSTRACT Maladaptive daydreaming (MD) was studied (N = 361) in pre-professional/professional dancers, college athletes, and active participants. The relationship among MD, overexcitability (OE), and emotion regulation was examined. Results indicated that MD was associated with imaginational OE and negatively with sensual OE. Difficulty with emotion regulation strategies in individuals with elevated
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Combating Myside Bias in Scientific Thinking: A Special Challenge for the Gifted Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Robert J. Sternberg, Mehdi Ghahremani, Hoda Ehsan
ABSTRACT Myside bias, a form of confirmation bias, is a major impediment to scientific thinking. It results in scientists, potential scientists, and consumers of science drawing conclusions that do not follow from data but rather that follow from prior scientific, ideological beliefs. Gifted people are at least as susceptible to these biases as are other people. We propose in this article a set of
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Evolving Implicit Metaphors for Understanding Giftedness: From Banks to Foundations Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Robert J. Sternberg
ABSTRACT Two implicit metaphors can be seen as having dominated the study of the gifted—the savings bank and the investment bank. In the savings-bank metaphor, people have differential levels of IQ or general intelligence, which is viewed as determining whether they are gifted. Their cognitive ability is their metaphorical “money in the bank.” In the investment-bank metaphor, people are seen as having
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Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble: Adding Culture to Transformational Gifted and Talented Students and Programs Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Erik M. Hines, Donna Y. Ford, Tanya J. Middleton, Edward C. Fletcher, James L. Moore III, Brian L. Wright, Tarek C. Grantham
ABSTRACT Sternberg’s transformational giftedness theory is visionary given its focus on GATE students being agents of change who use their gifts and talents in meaningful ways to address real issues. The theory merges seamlessly with several multicultural or culturally responsive theories and frameworks/models. We introduce the culturally responsive transformational giftedness model that adds multicultural
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Identifying and Cultivating Innovators and Increasing Diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): A Needed Paradigm Shift Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-06-15 C. June Maker, Randy Pease, Robert Zimmerman
ABSTRACT Although writers have advocated a shift from the gifted child to a talent development paradigm, changes in methods for identifying and cultivating talent in STEM are needed. We present evidence that using a talent development paradigm supported by differentiation with an organicist rather than a mechanistic perspective was effective in identifying and cultivating potential innovators in STEM
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From the Editor’s Desk Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Don Ambrose
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 45, No. 2, 2023)
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Creating the Future: An Interview With F. Richard Olenchak Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-04-06 F. Richard Olenchak, Suzanna E. Henshon
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 45, No. 2, 2023)
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Vigorously Expanding Human Potential: An Interview With Art-Science Synthesizer and Interdisciplinary Explorer Todd Siler Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Interviewed by Don Ambrose
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 45, No. 2, 2023)
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The Color of Gifted Education Research: A 20-Year Content Analysis of Selected Journals Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Cristina Worley, Jemimah Young
ABSTRACT This content analysis focuses on content from four major gifted journals (i.e., Gifted Child Quarterly, Journal for the Education of the Gifted, Journal of Advanced Academics, and Roeper Review). After applying a priori search and inclusion protocols, a final sample (N = 202) of articles examining Black and Brown students in gifted education were retained. The trends in gifted education research
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Back to the Drawing Board Again: Potential Indicators of Giftedness in Human Figure Drawings of Children Aged 4 to 6 Years Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-03-27 A. C. Sven Mathijssen, Max J.A. Feltzer, Lianne Hoogeveen, Jaap Denissen, Anouke Bakx
ABSTRACT The present study aimed to determine whether exceptional items in human figure drawings (HFDs) can serve the identification process of talents and (educational) needs of children with high intellectual abilities. Participants were 152 children aged 4 to 6 years at the time of drawing. After 2 years, 85 had received regular curriculum (the typically developing group) and 67 had received enriched
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Essential Leadership: The Work of Virginia Gifted Education Coordinators to Promote Equity Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Chandra B. Floyd
ABSTRACT Research investigating racial underrepresentation in gifted education programs undertaken from an organizational perspective has been limited. This lack of research leaves unexamined the amelioration efforts of leaders positionally responsible for these programs: gifted education coordinators. Yet, many gifted coordinators have taken steps to address underrepresentation. This article, the
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Unwrapping Gifts: Understanding the Inner Workings of Giftedness Through a Panoply of Paradigms in the Field of Psychology Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Robert J. Sternberg
ABSTRACT This article reviews the implications of many of the major schools in the history of psychology for understanding giftedness and its inner workings: operationist, psychometric, psychoanalytic, associationist, behaviorist, Gestalt, cognitive, humanistic/positive psychology, functionalist/pragmatic/constructivist, cultural, and biological. Each paradigm has elucidated different aspects of human
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From the Editor's Desk Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-01-18 Don Ambrose
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 45, No. 1, 2023)
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Creativity in Motion: An Interview With Sareh Karami Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-01-18 Sareh Karami, Suzanna E. Henshon
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 45, No. 1, 2023)
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Discovering Insights From the Ancient World: An Interview With Archaeological Antiquities Explorer Lynley McAlpine Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-01-18 Don Ambrose
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 45, No. 1, 2023)
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Special Issue Announcement Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-01-18
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 45, No. 1, 2023)
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Toxic Giftedness Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-01-11 Robert J. Sternberg
ABSTRACT Toxic giftedness is giftedness that is used for negative and even harmful ends. The field of giftedness has not been quick to recognize the importance to society of toxic giftedness, and its responsibility to combat it. This article defines the concept of toxic giftedness. Then it discusses two manifestations of toxic giftedness: gifted toxic leadership and gifted toxic followership. Toxic
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Inclusive Education of Gifted Students at Secondary Schools in the Czech Republic Compared to Students With Special Educational Needs Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-01-09 Eva Klimecká
ABSTRACT The research is focused on a comparison of the declared importance of fulfilling selected criteria of inclusive education between gifted students and students with special educational needs (SENs). Using the P-KAP II questionnaire, data were obtained from 541 secondary general schools (SGS) and secondary technical schools (STS). The findings showed that, in relation to students with SENs,
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Giftedness Does Not Reside Within a Person: Defining Giftedness in Society Is a Three-Step Process Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-01-09 Robert J. Sternberg
ABSTRACT This article describes a three-step process by which behaviors are associated with the concept of giftedness. In the first step, a three-way interaction of a person x task x situation leads to some kind of excellence in a societally significant performance. In the second step, that performance is identified as excellent and societally significant. In the third step, the performance is labeled
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Perceptions of the Emotional Self for Adolescents Who Are Gifted Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-01-09 Elizabeth Anne Albright, Diane Montgomery
ABSTRACT Self-report, trait-based instruments have provided data about adolescents and their emotional development. However, a holistic and self-referential view of the emotionality of the adolescent who is gifted remains elusive. The theoretical framework of emotionality was tailored for this inquiry by combining two prominent theories of emotional intelligence with emotional development. This merge
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A Diverse Social and Emotional Learning Booklist for Gifted Learners and Advanced Readers Roeper Review Pub Date : 2023-01-09 Rhoda Myra Garces-Bacsal, Najwa Mohammed Alhosani, Hala Elhoweris, Ruanni Tupas
ABSTRACT Despite the changing school demographics indicating an increasingly greater diversity in today’s classrooms, research indicates how teachers have little cognizance of the cultural backgrounds of their students. This becomes an issue among gifted students who are double minorities: those who are gifted and of a different cultural background, or of low-income status, rendering them doubly vulnerable
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From the Editor’s Desk Roeper Review Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Don Ambrose
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 44, No. 4, 2022)
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Reflections on Gifted Education: An Interview With Anne N. Rinn Roeper Review Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Anne N. Rinn, Suzanna E. Henshon
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 44, No. 4, 2022)
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Improving the World Through Biomimicry: An Interview With Internationally Renowned 21st-Century Architect Eugene Tssui Roeper Review Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Interviewed by Don Ambrose
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 44, No. 4, 2022)
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Gifted Conferences Roeper Review Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Don Ambrose
Published in Roeper Review (Vol. 44, No. 4, 2022)
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Levels of Teaching Science to Gifted Students Roeper Review Pub Date : 2022-10-21 Robert J. Sternberg, Hoda Ehsan, Mehdi Ghahremani
ABSTRACT In this article, we present a hierarchical model for teaching scientific thinking to gifted students. This article follows up on an article published 40 years ago in this journal. The problem now, as 40 years ago, is that gifted students often are taught science courses at a more intensive level, but without their truly learning how to think scientifically. We argue that students of science
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Back to the Drawing Board: A Descriptive Study on Potential Indicators of Giftedness in Human Figure Drawings of Children Aged 4 to 6 Years Roeper Review Pub Date : 2022-10-19 Sven Mathijssen, Max J. A. Feltzer, Lianne Hoogeveen, Jaap Denissen, Anouke Bakx
ABSTRACT This study described exceptional items in human figure drawings (HFDs) which have been discussed as possible expressions of intellectual giftedness. The aim was to serve as a first step in the development of a screener for HFDs that can be used as part of the identification process of gifted children. We examined the frequency of occurrence of 158 items in HFDs of 206 children aged 4 to 6 years
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The Emperor Has No Clothes: The Naked Truth About the Construct Validity of Traditional Methods of Gifted Identification Roeper Review Pub Date : 2022-10-19 Robert J. Sternberg
ABSTRACT The field of giftedness legitimates itself on the basis of correlations of gifted-identification measures with future success that do not mean what they often are taken to mean. When one views the inadequacies of these correlations, the field turns out to be much like the emperor who had no clothes. This essay reviews some of the assumptions upon which the legitimacy of much of the field,