Name:   Some observations of highly gifted children
Author(s)
 
 
Zorbaugh, H; Boardman, R & Sheldon, P
Topics
 
 
GT Research, Psychological
Source
 
 
In P. Witty (Ed.), The Gifted Child (pp. 86-105). Boston: D. C. Heath 1951
Description
 
 
The authors summarize their observations of extremely gifted children observed in the course of testing and counseling at the New York University Clinic for the Social Adjustment of Gifted Children during the middle years of the 20th century. The chapter includes several clinical case studies and a discussion of educational and psychological problems faced by this population.
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Last Updated
 
 
4/26/2006
 
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This chapter is a good mid-twentieth century reference to the needs and the characteristics of extremely gifted children. Unfortunately, the problems faced by this population described by the authors still, 50 years later, are not much nearer resolution. The case study material in this chapter will be interesting to parents, teachers, counselors, and psychologists.
 
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