ing have generally indicated that the family plays an important and positive role in the development of talents and potentials of gifted children (e.g., Bloom, 1985; Csikszentmihalyi, Rathunde, & Whalen, 1993; Klein & Tannenbaum, 1992; Olszewski, Kulieke, & Buescher, 1987; Piirto, 1999; Smutny, 1998). Specifically, in nurturing creativity of gifted children, the family could provide the environ...

A local processing bias in the block design task and in drawing strategy has been used to account for realistic drawing skill in individuals with autism. We investigated whether the same kind of local processing bias is seen in typically developing children with unusual skill in realistic graphic representation. Forty-three 5-11-year-olds who drew a still life completed a version of the block d...

objective: the present study has been carried out to compare the social competence in two group students with intellectual disability (id) and gifted. method: this research was kind of descriptive research with 2 comparative groups. 100 gifted and intellectual disability (id) students aged 12 to 13 years (50 gifted & 50 id) were selected randomly as statistical sample. for the assessment of...

Secondary analysis of archived data had an early beginning in the field of gifted education with the influential work of Lewis Terman and his Genetic Studies of Genius. In the present article, we briefly trace this history, focusing particularly on how these data have been analyzed in subsequent research. This is followed by a discussion of the benefits, challenges, and limitations of conductin...

Gifted individuals has an important role in the progress of societies, it would be beneficial to better identify these and understand their needs differences. For that reason, peer relationships gifted non-gifted high school students were examined this study. The study was carried out as survey model. group consisted 156 total, including 60 registered Şahinbey Science Art Center (BILSEM) Gazian...

During the past 20 years, a significant body of literature has emerged focusing on the application ofDabrowski's theory ofpositive disintegration (TPD) to the study ofgifted individuals. Although much of this literature is prescriptive, some research reports spanning this time period are available. A perusal of research on TPD's applicability to gifted individuals indicates that the focus has b...