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Calero, M. Dolores; Belen, Garcia-Martin M.; Robles, M. Auxiliadora – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
In recent years, models of giftedness have incorporated personal and social variables which influence IQ, rather than taking IQ into account exclusively. Among the various options presented in this context, authors have proposed dynamic assessment techniques as a method for revealing the potential capacity in different groups, independently of the…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Gifted, Intelligence Quotient, Identification
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Ziegler, Albert; Fidelman, Marina; Reutlinger, Marold; Vialle, Wilma; Stoeger, Heidrun – High Ability Studies, 2010
The attainment of exceptional accomplishments requires extremely long periods of time. It has yet to be explained, though, how individuals find the motivation for such protracted learning. Carol Dweck proposed that an incremental theory of an individual's abilities is an important factor in this process since it would account for the optimism…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Motivation, Foreign Countries, Personality