Definitions and Conceptions of Giftedness [Paperback]

Explores the most predominant and compelling theories on the multiple facets of giftedness, the validity of available assessments, and the development of giftedness and talent.Explores the most predominant and compelling theories on the multiple facets of giftedness, the validity of available assessments, and the development of giftedness and talent.About the Editors
Series Introduction - Sally M. Reis
Introduction to Definitions and Conceptions of Giftedness - Robert J. Sternberg
1. The Nature of Giftedness and Talent - A. Harry Passow
2. What Do We Mean by Giftedness? A Pentagonal Implicit Theory - Robert J. Sternberg, Li-fang Zhang
3. Moving Into the Mainstream? Reflections on the Study of Giftedness - Nancy Ewald Jackson
4. Metacognition, Intelligence and Giftedness - Bruce M. Shore, Arlene C. Dover
5. Divergent Thinking, Creativity and Giftedness - Mark A. Runco
6. Wisdom as a Form of Giftedness - Robert J. Sternberg
7. Giftedness and Talent: Reexamining a Reexamination of the Definitions - Francoys Gagn?
8. Profiles of the Gifted and Talented - George T. Betts, Maureen Neihart
9. Childhood Traits and Environmental Conditions of Highly Eminent Adults - Herbert J. Walberg, Shiow-Ling Tsai, Thomas Weinstein, Cynthia L. Gabriel, Sue Pinzur Rasher, Teresa Rosecrans, Evangelina Rovai, Judith Ide, Miguel Trujillo, and Peter Vukosavich
10. Developmental Potential of the Gifted - Michael M. Piechowski, Nicholas Colangelo
11. Child Prodigies: A Distinctive Form of Giftedness - David Henry Feldman
12. A Developmental View of Giftedness - Frances Degen Horowitz
13. Wherefore Art Thou, Multiple Intelligences? Alternative Assessments for Identifying Talent in Ethnically Diverse and Low Income Students - Jonathan A. Plucker, Carolyn M. Callahan, and Ellen M. Tomchin
Index