Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent

The origins and ends of giftedness.

Five issues about giftedness are discussed. First, the origins of giftedness are explored. The view that giftedness is entirely a product of training is critiqued. There is indirect evidence for atypical brain organization and innate talent in gifted children: Many gifted children and savants have enhanced right-hemisphere development, language-related difficulties, and autoimmune disorders. Se...

Rethinking Giftedness and Gifted Education: A Proposed Direction Forward Based on Psychological Science.

For nearly a century, scholars have sought to understand, measure, and explain giftedness. Succeeding theories and empirical investigations have often built on earlier work, complementing or sometimes clashing over conceptions of talent or contesting the mechanisms of talent development. Some have even suggested that giftedness itself is a misnomer, mistaken for the results of endless practice ...

Creativity in Students: Evidence from Parental Marital Satisfaction, Intelligence, and Age

Building gifts into talents : Overview of the DMGT

When the two terms are differentiated, the distinction may take many forms. Some apply the term 'gifted' to high cognitive abilities, and the term 'talented' to all other forms of excellence (e.g., arts, sports, technology). Others consider giftedness to represent a higher order of excellence than talent. Still others associate giftedness with some mature expression as opposed to a vision of ta...

Creativity in engineering 1 Fostering creativity in engineering undergraduates

Fostering creativity in engineering undergraduates Summary A total of 64 male engineering undergraduates received three lectures on creativity at the beginning of a course on engineering innovation. Some of them (N = 37) also completed a " creativity " test and were individually counselled on the basis of test scores. A separate control group (N = 21) took the test together with these students,...