A Program for Gifted Children

Abstract

There has been an enormous upsurge of interest in the identification and the training of gifted children. One major emphasis in current research is recognition of the fact that intellectual giftedness is manifested in a wide variety of forms. Giftedness is not a single, unitary characteristic, but a multidimensional, co-ordinate system containing various mental abilities. This multidimensional approach to giftedness is of great significance to educators. It points to the discriminations that must be made among different mental skills and stresses the need