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Peer reviewedBorland, James H. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1988
Cognitive controls were isolated through factor analysis with 59 intermediate-grade gifted students, and three cognitive styles were defined by cluster analysis. The cognitive style labeled "strict percept-strict concept" was associated with greater facility in divergent thinking. Study findings support explanations of giftedness through…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Divergent Thinking
