Title: Intellectual talent : psychometric and social issues /
Authors: Benbow, Camilla Persson.; Lubinski, David John.; Stanley, Julian C.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Intellect Congresses; Nature and nurture Congresses.; Genius Congresses.; Psychometrics Congresses.; Gifted children Education Congresses; Educational psychology Congresses
Contents: I. Political Correctness and the Zeitgeist: Genetic Antecedents to Human Behavior. 1. Genes, Drives, Environment, and Experience: EPD Theory Revised / Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr., David T. Lykken, Auke Tellegen and Matthew McGue. 2. The IQ Controversy and the Gifted / Abraham J. Tannenbaum -- II. The Underuse of Knowledge. 3. Educational Research and Educational Policy: The Strange Case of Acceleration / James J. Gallagher. 4. Acceleration over the Years / A. Harry Passow. 5. The Role of the Educational Researcher in Educational Improvement: A Retrospective Analysis / Herbert J. Klausmeier. 6. Assessing Spatial Visualization: An Underappreciated Ability for Many School and Work Settings / Lloyd G. Humphreys and David Lubinski -- III. What Do We Know about Proper Provisions for the Gifted? 7. Motivating Academically Able Youth with Enriched and Accelerated Learning Experiences / John F. Feldhusen. 8. Gifted Youth: A Challenge for Science Education / Lynn W. Glass.