TY - BOOK AU - Sternberg,Robert J ED - National Association for Gifted Children (U.S.) TI - Definitions and conceptions of giftedness T2 - Essential readings in gifted education SN - 1412904277 AV - LC3993.2 .D33 2004 PY - 2004///] CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Corwin Press KW - Gifted children KW - Education KW - United States KW - Psychology N1 - "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 ER -