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Valler, Emilee C.; Burko, Jordan A.; Pfeiffer, Steven I.; Branagan, Alexandra M. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2017
The conceptualization of giftedness continues to be a widely debated topic within the field. Recently, there has been a shift from a psychometric view of giftedness to inclusion of conative and contextual factors. How one defines and conceptualizes "gifted" drives assessment and identification practices. Conceptualization also guides the…
Descriptors: Gifted, Authors, Mixed Methods Research, Children
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Seiger, Sydelle D. – Roeper Review, 1984
Thinking strategies (sequences of steps undertaken to produce a thought product) should be an important goal in gifted education. Suggestions are made for creating a curriculum to promote thinking development. (CL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kammer, Phyllis Post – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1984
Assessment of conceptual level of 130 secondary students identified as gifted and 131 students from schools without gifted programs revealed significantly higher scores for gifted students. Findings suggested that such a measure of cognitive complexity may enhance identification of gifted students. (CL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Gifted
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Baldwin, Alexinia Y. – Exceptional Children, 1981
Results showed that under research conditions, gifted students in the experimental population did significantly better than average students in the experimental and control groups. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Exceptional Child Research, Gifted
Kester, Ellen S. – Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 1979
The adaptation of Guilford's Structure of Intellect (SOI) model by M. Meeker to a kindergarten through twelfth-grade gifted curriculum is discussed. The key to the SOI model curriculum is diagnosis and prescription. The theory that 120 various cognitive skills can be differentiated and remediated underlies the curriculum. There are five workbooks…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
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Cropley, Arthur J. – Roeper Review, 1999
Reviews cognitive processes, control mechanisms, and structures in creative thinking, and examines the way these aspects of cognition develop from childhood to adulthood. The cognitive definition of creativity, cognitive approaches to novelty production, creativity and cognitive development, and mechanisms guiding cognitive processes are explored.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking
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Ward, Thomas B.; Saunders, Katherine N.; Dodds, Rebecca A. – Roeper Review, 1999
Fifty-four gifted adolescents performed a creative generation task in which they imagined and drew fruit that might exist on another planet. They developed fruit that was rated as more original than developed by college students, and did so regardless of whether they were explicitly instructed to be more creative. (CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Eaves, Ronald C.; Glen, Roderick – Diagnostique, 1996
A study of 86 children (ages 5-16) investigated the relationship between age, IQ, and preferences for novelty. Children with higher IQs spent significantly more time responding to novel items than lower-IQ children. Older children with high IQs showed the most interest in novel items. (CR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
Shaughnessy, Michael F. – Gifted Education International, 1990
The paper examines competing models for the thinking processes of gifted students, including the Piagetian model, the Triarchic theory of R. Sternberg, and the varieties of intelligence proposed by H. Gardner. The paper offers a meta-analysis and a six realm domain for the understanding of cognitive processing propensities in gifted students. (DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Benito, Yolanda – Gifted Education International, 2000
This article discusses outcomes of a study that indicated gifted children as young as 6 years old can use metacognitive processes for solving math problems, are aware of knowing certain operations and are able to use them automatically, and know which strategy they usually use for solving problems. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Gifted
House, Ernest R.; And Others – 1971
Data from a Class Activities Questionnaire was used in the evaluation of the state gifted program in Illinois to determine patterns of cognitive and affective emphasis in gifted and average classes. Significant differences were found in the degree of emphasis on higher thought processes, classroom focus, and classroom climate. Significant…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Programs
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Houtz, John C.; And Others – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1978
Creative thinking and problem solving processes were studied in 233 gifted elementary students. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Creative Development, Creative Thinking
Rogers, Karen B. – 1986
Research on the nature of gifted children's learning is reviewed. Studies are cited on the following topics: cognitive style (learning style preferences, field independence/dependence, locus of control, and hemispheric specialization), cognitive development (differentiated stage development), cognitive strategy selection (components of problem…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education
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Shore, Bruce M.; And Others – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1994
Reanalysis of the data from a 1984 study on making and breaking problem-solving mental sets with 50 children found that gifted subjects who failed to initially form the set made the most errors of any group and were least likely to recognize their own errors. Results suggest that motivational reasons may underly this inferior performance by some…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
Belz, Helene F. – 1988
Systematic observations of thousands of high school students in the California Mentally Gifted Minors/Gifted and Talented Education programs identified five principles underlying the development of high level thinking skills in this population: (1) Exceptional performance on any criterion requires mutually reinforcing antecedents, the effects of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Creativity
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