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Peer reviewedLeal, Dorothy; And Others – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1995
The case of Michael Kearney, who completed high school and college by age 10, is used to illustrate characteristics of profoundly gifted children, including expected and atypical characteristics of giftedness and the ability to intuit knowledge, learn from diverse sources, interact at multiple ability levels, and try out theories in unusual ways.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Case Studies, Early Admission, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedKidwell, Jeannie; And Others – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1995
Correlation of 82 academically gifted adolescents' personality scores with scores for identity exploration revealed that youth who were actively exploring (according to Erik Erikson's ego identity theory) exhibited the following psychological portrait: inner confusion, agitation, dissatisfaction, unhappiness, periodic spells of depression,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, High Schools, Identification (Psychology), Individual Development
