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Talented Teenagers: The Roots of Success and Failure » (1st Edition)

Authors: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Kevin Rathunde, Samuel Whalen, Samuel Whalen, Kevin Rathunde
ISBN-13: 9780521574631, ISBN-10: 0521574633
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: November 1996
Edition: 1st Edition

Talented Teenagers is a fascinating and absorbing examination of what makes adolescents tick.

	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Talented teens
2	What is talent?	21
3	How the study was conducted: Methods and procedures	40
4	What are talented teenagers like?	64
5	How talented teenagers live	84
Pt. II	The development of talent
6	Fields and domains of talent in adolescence	103
7	The experience of talent	125
8	How families influence the development of talent	152
9	Schools, teachers, and talent development	177
Pt. III	The cultivation of talent
10	Commitment to talent and its correlates	199
11	Cultivating talent throughout life	222
12	What have we learned?	242
	Appendixes	263
	References	287
	Index	299