Definitions and Conceptions of Giftedness (Essential Readings in Gifted Education; 1), Vol. 1 » (Volume 1)

Sally M. Reis is a professor and the department head of the Educational Psychology Department at the University of Connecticut where she also serves as principal investigator of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented. She was a teacher for 15 years, 11 of which were spent working with gifted students on the elementary, junior high, and high school levels. She has authored more than 130 articles, 9 books, 40 book chapters, and numerous monographs and technical reports.  Her research interests are related to special populations of gifted and tal-ented students, including: students with learning disabilities, gifted females and diverse groups of talented students. She is also interested in extensions of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model for both gifted and talented students and as a way to expand offerings and provide general enrichment to identify talents and potentials in students who have not been previously identified as gifted. She has traveled extensively conducting workshops and providing profes-sional development for school districts on gifted education, enrichment programs, and talent development programs. She is co-author of The Schoolwide Enrichment Model, The Secondary Triad Model, Dilemmas in Talent Development in the Middle Years, and a book published in 1998 about women's talent development titled Work Left Undone: Choices and Compromises of Talented Females. Sally serves on several editorial boards, including the Gifted Child Quarterly, and is a past president of the National Association for Gifted Children.

Dr. Robert J. Sternberg is currently the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University, where he is also Professor ofPsychology.  Prior to that, he was IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale University.  Dr. Sternberg received his Ph.D. from Stanford and is the recipient of 8 honorary doctorates.  In addition, he has won more than two dozen awards for his work.  He is a former President of the American Psychological Association and is the author of over 1100 books, articles, and book chapters.

The expert guide to the conceptualization of giftedness and talent!

At last, the most predominant and compelling theories on the specific nature of giftedness and talent are available in a single volume! With the wealth of hands-on research in Definitions and Conceptions of Giftedness, the reader will gain a clearer conception of what it means to be gifted.

Key features include:

• Robert J. Sternberg's insightful coverage of the critical developments and lingering questions educators must address in order to make more informed decisions about student placements
• Thirteen influential articles from leading researchers and educators in the field of gifted education
• Profiles of gifted and talented students and suggestions for expanding conventional notions of giftedness

Explore the multiple faces of giftedness and talent, learn about the validity of available assessments, and discover the numerous opportunities educators have to foster the development of giftedness and talent in its many forms.

The ERGE Series:

The National Association for Gifted Children series Essential Readings in Gifted Education is a 12-volume collection of seminal articles from Gifted Child Quarterly. Put the knowledge and power of more than 25 years of research on giftedness and talent into your hands with the leading theories, studies, and findings the experts in the field have to offer.

About the Editors
Series Introduction - Sally M. Reis
Introduction to Definitions and Conceptions of Giftedness - Robert J. Sternberg
1. The Nature of Giftedness and Talent - A. Harry Passow
2. What Do We Mean by Giftedness? A Pentagonal Implicit Theory - Robert J. Sternberg, Li-fang Zhang
3. Moving Into the Mainstream? Reflections on the Study of Giftedness - Nancy Ewald Jackson
4. Metacognition, Intelligence and Giftedness - Bruce M. Shore, Arlene C. Dover
5. Divergent Thinking, Creativity and Giftedness - Mark A. Runco
6. Wisdom as a Form of Giftedness - Robert J. Sternberg
7. Giftedness and Talent: Reexamining a Reexamination of the Definitions - Francoys Gagné
8. Profiles of the Gifted and Talented - George T. Betts, Maureen Neihart
9. Childhood Traits and Environmental Conditions of Highly Eminent Adults - Herbert J. Walberg, Shiow-Ling Tsai, Thomas Weinstein, Cynthia L. Gabriel, Sue Pinzur Rasher, Teresa Rosecrans, Evangelina Rovai, Judith Ide, Miguel Trujillo, and Peter Vukosavich
10. Developmental Potential of the Gifted - Michael M. Piechowski, Nicholas Colangelo
11. Child Prodigies: A Distinctive Form of Giftedness - David Henry Feldman
12. A Developmental View of Giftedness - Frances Degen Horowitz
13. Wherefore Art Thou, Multiple Intelligences? Alternative Assessments for Identifying Talent in Ethnically Diverse and Low Income Students - Jonathan A. Plucker, Carolyn M. Callahan, and Ellen M. Tomchin
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