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Galton
Sir Francis Galton publishes the book titled " Hereditary Genius" that discusses the idea of nature v nurture in which he studied over 400 British men throughout history. -
Binet
French researchers, Binet and Simon, develop a series of tests (Binet-Simon) now used to identify IQ and gifted eligibility. The initiated the idea of "metal age". -
Terman
Lewis Terman, the “father” of the gifted education movement, publishes the Stanford-Binet, forever changing intelligence testing and the face of American education. -
Terman
Lewis Terman begins what has remained the longest running study of gifted children. -
Terman
Lewis Terman publishes Genetic Studies of Genius, concluding that gifted students were: (a) qualitatively different in school, (b) slightly better physically and emotionally in comparison to normal students, (c) superior in academic subjects in comparison to the average students, (d) emotionally stable, (e) most successful when education and family values were held in high regard by the family, and (f) infinitely variable in combination with the number of traits exhibited by those in the study. -
Hollingsworth
Leta Hollingworth publishes Gifted Children: Their Nature and Nurture, and furthers her study of gifted persons with exceptionally high IQ's ( above 180). -
Harris
William Torrey Harris, St. Louis' superintendent of public schools, spearheads the first efforts to educate gifted students. -
Tannenbaum
Abraham Tannenbaum designed and implemented master's and doctoral programs in gifted education. He wrote the famous book Gifted Children: Psychological and Educational Perspectives (1983). -
Dambrowski
Kazimierz Dambrowski developed his Theory of Positive Disintegration in which has influenced the field of gifted education. In particular it is widely cited as an explanation for differences among gifted individuals. ( Important: the five overexcitabilities: psychomotor, sensual, intellectual, imaginational, and emotional are necessary for advanced development) -
Renzulli
Joseph Renzulli, known for his Three- Ring Conception of Giftedness, which defines gifted behavior as a combination of above-average intelligence, task commitment, and creativity. This was a move away from the entity model of giftedness. -
Gardner
The theory of multiple (7) intelligences is proposed. -
Sternberg
Proposes 3 intellegences. -
Renzulli
Joseph Renzulli created the Multiple Menu Model to aid in creating interesting and engaging instruction, content, and higher level thinking