Creativity tests are effective means of identifying artistically gifted and talented students. Caution should be exercised in using creativity tests as a means of identifying artistically gifted and talented students. Creativity tests are used to measure problem solving skills and divergent thinking abilities applicable to a variety of situations. In identifying artistically gifted and talented students, attention should be paid to potential and works in progress as well as to final performance and products. Many programs for artistically gifted and talented students are based upon defining art talent as the ability to create a superior product or perform in a distinguished manner.
Television is bad for young gifted children.
Young gifted children spend significantly more hours in front of the television set than their same-age peers, but viewing does not necessarily warrant parental concern or dramatic time reductions or limitations. Sizable viewership of television programming at a very early age is reflective of gifted children's natural attraction to accessible and interesting sources of information. Primetime, commercial television offers inadequate and inappropriate role models for gifted children. Creativity in children is a sign of and a contributor to psychological health. Parenting young gifted children is labor intensive.