edited by Camilla Persson Benbow and David Lubinski
xii, 428 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
Chiefly papers originally presented at a symposium titled From Psychometrics to Giftedness conducted in honor of Julian C. Stanley in San Francisco on April 19, 1992
Includes bibliographical references and index
I. Political Correctness and the Zeitgeist: Genetic Antecedents to Human Behavior. 1. Genes, Drives, Environment, and Experience: EPD Theory Revised / Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr., David T. Lykken, Auke Tellegen and Matthew McGue. 2. The IQ Controversy and the Gifted / Abraham J. Tannenbaum -- II. The Underuse of Knowledge. 3. Educational Research and Educational Policy: The Strange Case of Acceleration / James J. Gallagher. 4. Acceleration over the Years / A. Harry Passow. 5. The Role of the Educational Researcher in Educational Improvement: A Retrospective Analysis / Herbert J. Klausmeier. 6. Assessing Spatial Visualization: An Underappreciated Ability for Many School and Work Settings / Lloyd G. Humphreys and David Lubinski -- III. What Do We Know about Proper Provisions for the Gifted? 7. Motivating Academically Able Youth with Enriched and Accelerated Learning Experiences / John F. Feldhusen. 8. Gifted Youth: A Challenge for Science Education / Lynn W. Glass