Screen LibraryThe origins and development of high ability
The outstandingly high abilities shown by certain individuals are a valuable human resource. Despite much talk of maximizing human potential, there have been few systematic efforts to increase the number of people capable of exceptional accomplishments, and many questions have yet to be answered ful...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ciba Foundation symposium ;
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470514498 |
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The outstandingly high abilities shown by certain individuals are a valuable human resource. Despite much talk of maximizing human potential, there have been few systematic efforts to increase the number of people capable of exceptional accomplishments, and many questions have yet to be answered fully. How does high ability arise, and how and why does it develop? How can early talents best be identified, and what conditions are most likely to facilitate the development of exceptional children into high-achieving adults? Are a child's commitment to improve his or her abilities and the encoura |
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Proceedings of the Symposium on the Origins and Development of High Ability, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, Jan. 25, 1993. "A Wiley-Interscience publication." Editors: Gregory R. Bock and Kate Ackrill. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (viii, 258 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780470514498 0470514493 0470514507 (electronic bk.) 9780470514504 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | BF412 |
| CLC: | B844 |
| Contents: | Concept of giftedness: a pentagonal implicit theory / R.J. Sternberg -- Giftedness and intelligence: one and the same? / D.K. Detterman -- Psychological profiles of the mathematically talented: some sex differences and evidence supporting their biological basis / C.P. Benbow and D. Lubinski -- Genetics and high cognitive ability / R. Plomin and L.A. Thompson -- Early lives of child prodigies / M.J.A. Howe -- Musical ability / J. Sloboda -- Boys and girls who reason well mathematically / J.C. Stanley -- Scientific ability / K.A. Heller -- Mechanical inventiveness: a three-phase study / N. Col |