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Download full textSilverman, Linda Kreger – 1992
This digest offers guidelines to parents of gifted children which emphasize respecting the child's individuality while providing necessary support. A new definition of giftedness is cited which stresses the asynchronous development of such children's cognitive skills and the resultant qualitatively different inner experience. Early signs of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Child Rearing, Definitions, Early Identification
Peer reviewedSilverman, Linda Kreger – Roeper Review, 1986
The interview with Elizabeth Hagen, the co-creator of the Cognitive Abilities Test and a revisor of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test, deals with such issues in gifted education as general intelligence vs. specific abilities, validity of test scores at the preschool level, and misconceptions about retesting gifted students. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests
Silverman, Linda Kreger, Ed. – Understanding Our Gifted, 1993
The six issues of this newsletter have the following themes: (1) home schooling, (2) promising practices, (3) parent advocacy, (4) the young gifted child, (5) "being out of sync," and (6) philosophy of giftedness. Major articles include the following: "Homeschooling for Gifted Primary Students" (Patricia Linehan); "Learning to Fly: A Home…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Acceleration (Education), Child Advocacy, Child Rearing
Silverman, Linda Kreger, Ed. – Understanding Our Gifted, 1991
This document consists of six issues of a newsletter subtitled "Dedicated to Helping Gifted Children Reach their Full Potential." These issues focus on personality types, program administration, creativity, counseling, the arts, and cultural diversity. Feature articles have the following titles and authors: "A World of Difference: Children and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Art, Child Rearing, Counseling Techniques
Peer reviewedSilverman, Linda Kreger; Kearney, Katheryn – Roeper Review, 1992
The Stanford-Binet IV is compared to the original version and criticized for having less power to measure the high end of intelligence and for having norms that discriminate against gifted students. Strengths of the Stanford-Binet L-M are pointed out, and use of both scales for different purposes is recommended. (JDD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests
Rogers, Martin T.; Silverman, Linda Kreger – 1998
This brief paper offers guidelines on recognizing giftedness in young children based on a study of the developmental characteristics of 77 gifted and average children as reported in parent questionnaires. The questionnaire asked parents to describe their children's development during the first 36 months. Major findings indicated that: parents of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Child Development, Gifted, Parent Attitudes
