The development of giftedness and talent across the life span

Foreword / Carol S. Dweck

Preface

Introduction: A developmental understanding of giftedness and talent / Frances Degen Horowitz

Infancy and early childhood

High cognitive ability in infancy and early childhood / John Colombo, D. Jill Shaddy, Otilia M. Blaga, Christa J. Anderson, and Kathleen N. Kannass

Issues in early prediction and identification of intellectual giftedness / Allen W. Gottfried, Adele Eskeles Gottfried, and Diana Wright Guerin

Childhood

Giftedness during childhood : the spatial-graphic domain / Lynn S. Liben

Toward broadening our understanding of giftedness : the spatial domain / Ellen Winner

Adolescence

Developmental transitions in giftedness and talent : childhood into adolescence / Dona J. Matthews

Giftedness in adolescence : African American gifted youth and their challenges from a motivational perspective / Sandra Graham

What does gifted mean? : personal and social identity perspectives on giftedness in adolescence / Frank C. Worrell

Adulthood and the later years

Developmental transitions in giftedness and talent : adolescence into adulthood / Rena F. Subotnik

Gifts and talents of elderly people : the Persimmon's Promise / James E. Birren

Life-span perspectives : understandings and implications

Developmental science and giftedness : an integrated life-span framework / Daniel P. Keating

A developmental perspective on giftedness and talent : implications for research, policy, and practice / Dona J. Matthews, Rena F. Subotnik, and Frances Degen Horowitz.