Exploring Passion, Creativity, and Intelligence
The long-held, common belief among theorists in the gifted arena is that a small percentage of the human population is born with a genetic potential for exceling in specific areas of human endeavors, such as art or science. The aim Read More …
A bipartisan bill introduced this week in the U.S. House of Representatives shifts the education debate in Washington, D.C., towards a focus on gifted, high-ability students—particularly those from low-income or minority backgrounds—who have been overshadowed in a federal educational system Read More …
Advanced learners. They’re the ones who breeze through class and find themselves bored, or the young writers who compose complex sentences using advanced vocabulary. According to the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), there are an estimated three million academically Read More …
The successful strategies used by six urban school systems across the country to boost African-American student participation in and performance on Advanced Placement tests are detailed in a new report released today by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. The Read More …
Creative thinking deserves a much higher priority in education curricula, according to college-educated professionals surveyed in new research released by Adobe. The U.S. study, Creativity and Education: Why it Matters, sheds new light on the role of creativity in career Read More …
A University of Canterbury (UC) study of top students has found many of them were not comfortable being identified as gifted and talented. The students in the UC survey said they understood that they needed to downplay any perceived abilities Read More …
Minnesota public radio’s Daily Circuit show featured a program on child prodigies last December. Featured guests included Andrew Solomon, the author of Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity and David Shenk, the author of The Genius Read More …