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History of Gifted Education- by Amy D

By adean10
  • First true intelligence Test

    First true intelligence Test

    Created by French researchers Binet and Simon. This tested vocab knowledge and thinking skills which is unlike the sensory tests created by Cattell in 1890.
  • Father of Gifted Child Movement sets to revise test

    Father of Gifted Child Movement sets to revise test

    Lewis Terman during the 1920's conducted the largest longitudinal study of gifted children. He searched for boys and girls with IQs of at least 135.
  • First Textbook in Gifted Education

    First Textbook in Gifted Education

    Leta Stetter Hollingworth pioneered the gifted child education...her focus being on the child. She wanted to further their education, not just study them.
  • Nation at Risk paper issued

    Nation at Risk paper issued

    This paper highlighted the failure of U.S.'s gifted to compete with gifted in other nations. It increased the rigor of standards and paved the way for more appropriate curriculum.
  • Gifted Standards Issued

    Gifted Standards Issued

    The National Associationn of Gifted Children issue PreK-12 standards. This provided school districts a set list of criteria to better support their gifted children.
  • Multiple Intelligences

    Multiple Intelligences

    Howard Gardner multiple intelligence theory showed Cattell's statement that intellect cannot be expressed in just one way. Gardner stated that the "ability to solve problems, or create products, that are valued within one of rmore cultural settings..." is a way to show intelligence.