History of Gifted Education

By granolabar

  • Heredity Genius by Francis Galton is published.

    Heredity Genius by Francis Galton is published.
    It asserts that intelligence was based on heredity and natural selection.

  • Binet-Simon Tests

    Binet-Simon Tests
    Binet and Simon, French researchers, develop the Binet-Simon tests to identify children with lower intelligence to be placed in a special education classroom.

  • Lewis Termin, "Father" of GE Movement

    Lewis Termin, "Father" of GE Movement
    The Stanford-Binet is published by the "father" of the gifted education movement Lewis Termin, and changes intelligence testing and American education.

  • Gardener's Multiple Intelligences

    Gardener's Multiple Intelligences
    Dr. Howard Gardener, professor of education at Harvard University, creates theory of multiple intelligences.

  • Joseph Renzulli

    Joseph Renzulli
    Joseph Renzulli creates Renzulli's Three-Ring Conception of Giftedness. The three ringed approach identifies a gifted student as having an above average ability, creativity, and commitment to task.

  • NAGS Standards

    NAGS Standards
    NAGS creates and publishes National Gifted Program Standards for teacher preparedness programs. The standards were revised in 2013.