Definitions and conceptions of giftedness / Robert J. Sternberg, editor

"A joint publication of Corwin Press and the National Association for Gifted Children."

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction to Definitions and conceptions of giftedness / Robert J. Sternberg -- The nature of giftedness and talent / A. Harry Passow -- What do we mean by giftedness? : a pentagonal implicit theory / Robert J. Sternberg, Li-fang Zhang -- Moving into the mainstream? : reflections on the study of giftedness / Nancy Ewald Jackson -- Metacognition, intelligence, and giftedness / Bruce M. Shore, Arlene C. Dover -- Divergent thinking, creativity, and giftedness / Mark A. Runco -- Wisdom as a form of giftedness / Robert J. Sternberg -- Giftedness and talent : reexamining a reexamination of the definitions / Françoys Gagné -- Profiles of the gifted and talented / George T. Betts, Maureen Neihart -- Childhood traits and environmental conditions of highly eminent adults / Herbert J. Walberg [and others] -- Developmental potential of the gifted / Michael M. Piechowski, Nicholas Colangelo -- Child prodigies : a distinctive form of giftedness / David Henry Feldman -- A developmental view of giftedness / Frances Degen Horowitz -- 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