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Gifted Children: Myths and Realitiesreviewed by Heidi L. Doellinger - 1998 Title: Gifted Children: Myths and Realities Author(s): Ellen Winner Publisher: Harper Collins, New York ISBN: 0465017592, Pages: 464, Year: 1997 Search for book at Amazon.com The scientific study of giftedness stretches back to Termans (1925) pioneering work in the 1920s and beyond. Nonetheless, misconceptions about gifted children persist in both psychology and education. In Gifted Children: Myths and Realities, Ellen Winner undertakes the task of correcting these misconceptions. She believes that giftedness is an important concept but, as will become apparent, defines the phenomenon in a somewhat idiosyncratic way.
Gifted Children identifies and attempts to dispel nine assumptions about gifted children prevalent today: (1) giftedness is global in nature, so gifted children are gifted in all academic areas; (2) excellence in the arts is talent not giftedness; (3) all gifted children have exceptionally high IQs; (4) giftedness is strictly a result of biology; (5) giftedness is strictly a result of a childs environment; (6) giftedness is a creation of overbearing parents; (7) gifted children are all psychologically healthy; (8) all children are gifted; and (9) gifted... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Heidi Doellinger
The University of Iowa
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