The results of this analysis became the basis for the proposal to use core attributes of giftedness to design more viable procedures of identifying giftedness in target population student groups. The paper concludes with implications for using these core attributes to facilitate teachers' recognition of gifted target population students and to guide the selection and development of assessment measures in identification. The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, University of Connecticut. The attributes apply to students in any social class or economic position. Core attributes used to identify economically disadvantaged gifted students should not focus on intellectual abilities alone.
Emphasis needs to be given to personality and motivation factors as well.
Gifted students from minority populations should not be considered one group to which appropriate identification procedures apply.