History of Gifted Education

By agalen
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    History Gifted Education

  • 1917 US Army begins testing for intelligence

    1917 US Army begins testing for intelligence

  • 1926 First gifted child book was published

    1926 First gifted child book was published

  • 1950 National Science Foundation Grant

    1950 National Science Foundation Grant
    The grant was created to fund science and gifted programs

  • 1970's SMPY was used to find gifted math students

    1970's SMPY was used to find gifted math students

  • 1983 Nation at Risk was published

    1983 Nation at Risk was published
    This was was important to show what we need to do with gifted students.

  • 1990's Gardners Intelligences were being used

    1990's Gardners Intelligences were being used

  • 1998 Gifted Standards were created

    1998 Gifted Standards were created

  • 2000's Renzulli's theories are being used

    2000's Renzulli's theories are being used
    Renzulli publishes a website that children can use to be successful gifted students