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Forever changed the conception of intellect with the introduction of a mental age. Limited and misused, but quite significant.
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The beginning of a long series of detailed efforts to truly define giftedness
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In my opinion, the first in a long line of true efforts to move beyond identification to maximizing the learning potential of gifted students
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Perhaps the "Pearl Harbor" of US gifted education, truly served to light a fire under the educational establishment about the needs of gifted students.
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The start of a concerted effort to improve US education, Physics education benefited directly from the growth in the PSSC pedagogy.
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From where California and other states truly started to develop and fund gifted programs, such as those championed by Richard Feynman (and his subsequently named and emulated school concepts)
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Report Realization that actual research-based pedagogy, and the beginnings of belief in what Renzulli was championing about the nature of challenge, not bury, those gifted learners! President Reagan was a chief proponent of this phase of educational reform
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an interesting look at that state of the effect of educational reforms, but perhaps too early and with suspect data. I believe that this process need to continue...!
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Hmmm, perhaps just throwing money at the problem doesn't solve it, a more informed and comprehensive approach is necessary to fully optimize education, especially for the gifted.
