Development of Giftedness and Talent Across the Life Span

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  • ISBN 9781433804144
  • Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Jan 2009
  • Publisher: American Psychological Association
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Contributors examine prediction and measurement, diversity issues, and psychosocial factors as they relate to developing talent in different domains.
Frances Degen Horowitz, PhD, is a professor and president emerita at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A developmental psychologist, she is the author of more than 3 articles, monographs, and books in the field of child development, with an emphasis on infant behavior and development and developmental theory. Among numerous leadership positions in the field of psychology and child development, she has served as president of the Society for Research and Child Development and president of APA's Division 7 (Developmental Psychology). She coedited, with Marion O'Brien, the book The Gifted and Talented: Developmental Perspectives ( 985), and she was an editor of the Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development.
 
Rena F. Subotnik, PhD, is the director of the Center for Gifted Education Policy at the American Psychological Association. The center's mission is to generate public awareness, advocacy, clinical applications, and cutting-edge research ideas that will enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with special gifts and talents in all domains (including academic disciplines, performing arts, sports, and professions).
 
She is a coeditor of an upcoming series titled Levers of Change and has a volume in preparation with APA Books titled Methodologies for Conducting Research on Giftedness. She has also coedited Optimizing Student Success in School With the Other Three R's: Reasoning, Resilience, and Responsibility (2 ) The Scientific Basis of Educational Productivity (2 ) International Handbook of Giftedness and Talent (2nd ed., 2 2) Remarkable Women: Perspectives on Female Talent Development ( 995) and Beyond Terman: Contemporary Longitudinal Studies of Giftedness and Talent ( 994). She is also the primary author of Genius Revisited: High IQ Children Grown Up ( 993).
 
Dona J. Matthews, PhD, has been teaching, writing, counseling, consulting, and conducting research on gifted development and education since 985. From 2 3 to 2 7, she was the director of the Center for Gifted Studies and Education at Hunter College, The City University of New York, where she worked with New York City (NYC) teachers and the NYC Department of Education on policies and practices relating to giftedness. She is currently a visiting professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, engaged in several writing projects and working with families and schools on issues relating to gifted education. In addition to dozens of journal articles, she is a coauthor of Being Smart About Gifted Children: A Guidebook for Parents and Educators (2 5) and coeditor of the Routledge International Companion to Gifted Education (2 9).