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Gagne, Francoys – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1998
Describes a system of categories to subdivide the gifted and talented population into the following more homogeneous subgroups: mild, moderate, high, exceptional, and extreme. Based on the metric system, each of the five levels, including the minimum threshold, selects the top 10% of the previous level. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted

Stanley, Julian C. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1997
Discusses the different characteristics that are often lumped together under the multidimensional term "giftedness." The origins of the term, the contributions of individual psychologists and others in identifying gifted students, and the life outcomes of mathematically and/or verbally precocious youth identified by talent searches are examined.…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Gifted

Sternberg, Robert J. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2000
This article discusses how giftedness is currently defined and presents an alternative view based on a balance theory of wisdom. The theory is described as a useful way of conceptualizing wisdom. Sources of differences in wisdom and the need for development of wisdom as a form of giftedness are addressed. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adults, Classification, Cognitive Ability

Gridley, Betty E. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2002
This article illustrates the use of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to explicate constructs underlying performance assessment tasks based on Gardner's (1993) theory of multiple intelligences. Data from Plucker, Callahan, and Tomchin (1996) were reanalyzed using CFA. A model with three factors that combined linguistic and interpersonal…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adults, Children, Factor Analysis

Ritchhart, Ron – Roeper Review, 2001
This article explores what the concept of intellectual character offers that traditional views of intelligence based on abilities do not. The origins of the concept of thinking dispositions are traced and various views regarding the dispositions that might comprise and define one's intellectual character are investigated. Educational implications…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Style, Curiosity, Elementary Secondary Education

Renzulli, Joseph S. – Exceptionality, 2002
This article describes a continuum of definitions of giftedness from conservative to liberal and discusses how these definitions relate to the development of the 3-ring conception of giftedness. In this definition, above average ability, task commitment, and creativity are seen as 3 interactive clusters of traits that gifted students may exhibit.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Classification, Creativity, Definitions

Livingstone, David W. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1995
Commentary on "The Bell Curve." Points out that Herrnstein and Murray do not acknowledge their politically conservative funding sources. Discusses bias and inadequacies of IQ tests, lack of evidence of intergenerational reproduction of occupational classes, current underemployment of highly educated people, and the authors'…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Gifted, Heredity, Intelligence Differences
Vialle, Wilma – Gifted Education International, 1999
Suggests the ways in which teachers can structure their classrooms, provide a range of challenging activities, and develop their observational skills identify the intellectual strengths of their students, particularly through the use of Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory as a framework for recognizing children's intellectual strengths.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cultural Awareness

Pfeiffer, Steven I. – Roeper Review, 2001
Important work of Daniel Goleman, Peter Salovey and John Mayer on emotional intelligence (EI) is discussed to illustrate recent theorizing on EI. The article discusses conceptual and measurement problems that presently challenge the usefulness of the EI construct and urges further research. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adults, Children, Emotional Development
Gross, Miraca U.M. – Understanding Our Gifted, 2003
This article emphasizes the importance of providing appropriate services to meet the needs of individual gifted students and the need to first diagnose the level of giftedness to administer the right "therapeutic dose." A chart is provided that defines levels of intellectual giftedness by IQ ranges and by prevalence. (Contains 5…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary Secondary Education