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The First of Gifted Education
William Torrey Harris begins to integrate gifted education into public schools. -
The First Gifted Test was Introduced
French researchers developed a test in order to determine if a child is gifted. The test determined a child's intelligence in order to put them into a different class. In 1908, Binet-Simon introduced the measurement scale to American educators and philosophers. -
Genetic Studies of Genius
Lewis Termin published the first book of 5 name Genetic Studies of Genius. In the book he states the characteristics found in a gifted child. For example: they're different in school, better physically and emotionally, superior in academic subjects, emotionally stable, and more successful when education is valued in their family. -
Gifted is a Broad Topic
A Maryland report encouraged schools to define giftedness broadly. Gifted students were not only intelligent in academic subject, but also in arts, creative and productive thinking and psychomotor skills. -
National Research Center of Gifted and Talented
The National Research Center of Gifted education was established in the University of Connecticut, Virginia, Georgia, and Yale. They dedicated their research to learning how to provide the most for gifted and talented students to help them to be successful. -
Gifted Standards Creates
In 2006 the NAGC published national standards for gifted students to help with teacher preparedness. It provided knowledge on the skill standards for teachers to teach. (They were later updated in 2013).
