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This book chapter excerpted from Talent Development III. Authors Nancy Jackson and Julie Kearney look at the case histories of two precocious readers. The chapter reports on achievement scores for 64 others and relates them to a model of development that indicates that a) precocious reading predicts positive performance in later years, b) continuity may be heterotypic, and c) similar achievements may come from highly intelligent children who are not precocious readers.
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This article is a book chapter from To Be Young and Gifted. Author Ellen Moss focuses on early patterns of mother-child co-regulation effects on the emergence of metacognitive abilities during the preschool period. Given the significance of this period, comparison of joint problem solving of gifted and nongifted preschoolers with their mothers may have both theoretical and practical significance for the wider fields of developmental and educational psychology.
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This full text article by Kathi Kearney offers answers to common questions about early signs of extreme intelligence. She offers answers about developmental needs, testing and assessment, challenges in raising a profoundly gifted young child, educational needs, play and preschool. Also included is a list of resources.
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This article by Robert Plomin discusses the importance of genetics and intelligence in the development of talent. Plomin states that, "Most of what is currently known about the genetics of intelligence comes from twin and adoption studies, which have documented significant and substantial genetic influence." Genetic analyses have shown that across the life span genetic effects increase and "genetic factors are primarily responsible for stability during development but also affect age-to-age changes." Additional and focused research is needed to...
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This article by David Farmer discusses strategies for identifying and parenting highly gifted preschoolers. It contains an excellent chart estimating the normal development timetable for developmental milestones in toddler and preschool development. This is contrasted with the timetable for a child who is developmentally advanced.
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This full text article by Lannie Kanevsky discusses a study that was done on gifted and average intelligence children in two different age groups. The groups were given games to play to see the differences in problem-solving ability and strategy between the groups. Results indicate differences in the application of previously learned strategies.
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This article by Miraca Gross is a classic on the development and needs of profoundly gifted children in infancy, toddlerhood and the preschool years. It discusses some of the hallmarks of extreme precocity in the very young. Other topics include identification and accommodation of these children.
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This article by Peter Eckstein is part of a larger study by the author of technological pioneers and their childhoods. He looks at the experience of Jay Forrester growing up on a ranch in rural Nebraska. Forrester's tinkering there ultimately led him to lead the MIT team that developed Whirlwind and to invent the first commercially viable RAM.
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This full text article by Kathi Kearney points out the need to recognize the gifted early in life. It also discusses the lack of research and makes a strong case for more study of highly gifted infants. It offers a handful of references on high intelligence in the very young.
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