Cognitive Profiles of Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Students: Implications for Identification of the Gifted.

Benbow, Camilla Persson; Minor, Lola L.

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ERIC Number: EJ408555

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Publication Date: 1990

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Cognitive Profiles of Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Students: Implications for Identification of the Gifted.

Benbow, Camilla Persson; Minor, Lola L.

Gifted Child Quarterly, v34 n1 p21-26 Win 1990

When a battery of tests commonly associated with intelligence was administered to 144 13 year olds identified as extremely precocious, the verbally precocious students scored higher on verbal and general knowledge types of tests, and mathematically precocious students scored higher on tests of nonverbal reasoning, spatial ability, and memory. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Development, Gifted, Intelligence Tests, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Skills, Multiple Intelligences, Student Characteristics, Student Evaluation, Verbal Ability

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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