Deck 14: Children Who Are Gifted and Talented  

Question 1

Which of the following statements about the nature-nurture debate is widely accepted?

A) People who are gifted have superior genes.
B) Environment accounts for the major portion of a person's giftedness.
C) Virtually all research supports the importance of nurturance.
D) Environmental and hereditary variables have been shown to have equal effects.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Sternberg believes that developing wisdom in our students is important because

A) students have difficulty seeing another person's point of view.
B) he has developed an assessment to measure wisdom.
C) students are specifically taught to focus upon the common good.
D) the development of wisdom can be accelerated.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Researchers have found that the highest achievers in ballet, violin, piano, chess, bridge, and athletics were those who

A) rehearsed their skill with others.
B) engaged in the most deliberate practice.
C) found the most gifted teachers.
D) had so much innate ability that their work appeared effortless.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The textbook authors define intelligence as

A) what the intelligence test measures.
B) the innate ability to make cognitive connections.
C) the capacity to acquire, process, and use information.
D) a construct that is not useful.

Question 5

The psychologist most closely associated with the triarchic theory of intelligence is

A) Sternberg.
B) Gardner.
C) Wechsler.
D) Terman.

Question 6

One of the most commonly used criteria for giftedness is

A) overall physical size.
B) exceptional auditory skills.
C) advanced development.
D) creativity.

Question 7

The "secret weapon" that Reis and colleagues (1997) described in their study of successful college students who were identified as both gifted and disabled was

A) identification early in their school careers.
B) not being required to have a roommate, thus easing the adjustment to college.
C) remedial courses taken the summer before college to prepare those students for rigorous work.
D) a supportive mother who had devoted herself to helping her child succeed.

Question 8

Renzulli proposed that giftedness was evident in

A) high intellectual ability.
B) task commitment.
C) creativity.
D) All of the above.

Question 9

A theory of intelligence that includes at least eight distinct types was proposed by

A) Galton.
B) Wechsler.
C) Gardner.
D) Witty.

Question 10

Giftedness often refers to exceptional intelligence or academic ability. The term often used to indicate exceptional artistic or athletic ability is

A) kinesthetic intelligence.
B) creativity.
C) talented.
D) aesthetic intelligence.

Question 11

Which statement about the IQ tests used to identify students as gifted is correct?

A) They must be given individually.
B) They are generally considered the best measurements of giftedness.
C) They lead to underrepresentation of students with disabilities.
D) They lead to overrepresentation of linguistically diverse students.

Question 12

The federal definition of giftedness set forth in P.L. 103-382 includes all of the following areas EXCEPT

A) sports-related performance.
B) creativity.
C) leadership capacity.
D) academic competence.

Question 13

The term that is typically used to describe students who are gifted but whose performance in school is low is

A) gifted disabled.
B) gifted underachiever.
C) gifted learning handicapped.
D) gifted handicapped.

Question 14

Among the unique features of the definition of giftedness set forth in P.L. 103-382 is

A) inclusion of an IQ cutoff score.
B) mention of a need for special programs.
C) a requirement that academic performance be above average.
D) provision of funds for gifted education.

Question 15

Sternberg's belief is that "the big question is not how many things a person is good at, but how well a person can exploit whatever he or she is good at and find ways around the things that he or she is not good at" (1991, p. 51). Sternberg now describes this combination as

A) triarchic intelligence.
B) practical intelligence.
C) successful intelligence.
D) logical-mathematical intelligence.

Question 16

The scholar sometimes considered the "father of gifted education" in the United States is

A) Alfred Binet.
B) Albert Stanford.
C) Francis Galton.
D) Lewis Terman.

Question 17

Achievement and IQ tests have been criticized as being too narrow in focus to use in the identification of giftedness because

A) they concentrate on divergent thinking.
B) they focus on the traditional areas of analytic abilities and linguistic and logico-mathematical reasoning.
C) they are time-consuming and expensive to administer.
D) All of the above.

Question 18

Perfectionism

A) is a desirable trait in gifted students.
B) may lead to underachievement in some gifted students.
C) neither of the above.
D) both of the above.

Question 19

Sternberg (2003) reminds us that an individual's intelligence must be viewed in the context of the ________________ he or she has had.

A) family
B) lessons
C) opportunities
D) genetic inheritance

Question 20

Gardner refers to deep self-knowledge and actualization as

A) interpersonal intelligence.
B) intrapersonal intelligence.
C) bodily-kinesthetic intelligence.
D) spatial intelligence.

Question 21

The accepted term that is used to identify individuals whose IQ is in the mid-160s on an IQ test is

A) radically gifted.
B) extremely gifted.
C) highly gifted.
D) talented.

Question 22

Some indicators of giftedness include

A) learning rapidly, easily and efficiently.
B) going beyond the minimum required with assignments.
C) are behaviors that teachers find irritating (e.g. misbehaving or turning in incomplete work).
D) all of the above.

Question 23

Which of the following methods for working with gifted underachieving students tends to be least effective?

A) Making curricular changes that focus on the student's strengths and interests
B) Involving the family through communication and encouragement
C) Promoting the self-concept of the gifted student
D) Developing behavior contracts and appropriate punishments

Question 24

Differentiation of instruction can involve modifications in

A) content, by putting more depth in the curriculum.
B) process, by using a variety of methods and materials.
C) products, classroom environment, and teacher behavior.
D) All of the above.

Question 25

Using the federal definition of giftedness, approximately what percentage of the population should be identified as gifted?

A) 1-3 percent
B) 3-5 percent
C) 5-10 percent
D) 10-20 percent

Question 26

The practice of allowing a student who is gifted to skip several grades to accommodate his or her giftedness is called

A) acceleration.
B) early entrance tracking.
C) enrichment.
D) advanced placement.

Question 27

Determining what individual students already know, and allowing them the chance to explore different concepts, subjects, or topics that tap into their talents, is called

A) content acceleration.
B) curriculum telescoping.
C) cooperative learning.
D) independent study.

Question 28

Compare the use of cluster grouping with cooperative learning, giving arguments for and against each.

Question 29

How can general education teachers modify their curriculum, teaching style, class arrangement, and so forth, to better meet the needs of gifted students? Choose just one area, describe strategies, and give examples if possible.

Question 30

Contrast the arguments for and against the use of IQ tests to identify persons who are gifted.

Question 31

Which teaching procedure operates under the assumption that all students are learners and teachers, and that all have an equal responsibility to explain to others and discuss with others?

A) Direct instruction
B) Cooperative learning
C) Constructivism
D) Stage (or developmental) theory

Question 32

Researchers agree that an important part of addressing the problem of gifted underachievers is

A) behavioral contracts.
B) self-regulation training.
C) curricular changes.
D) early identification.

Question 33

Describe the criteria that are used to qualify a student as talented or as gifted.

Question 34

Briefly explain how views of giftedness have changed through history.

Question 35

Which of the following is an essential facet of brainstorming?

A) Ask student groups to come up with the best answer.
B) Encourage students to volunteer any ideas that they think will work.
C) Encourage students to carefully weigh each contribution and evaluate its quality before continuing.
D) Allow only identified gifted students to participate in this high-level process.

Question 36

Renzulli and Reis (2003) described two kinds of giftedness: Schoolhouse giftedness, which can be identified through standardized tests as well as some of the techniques we have described, and

A) at-home giftedness.
B) original giftedness.
C) creative-productive giftedness.
D) nontraditional giftedness.

Question 37

Terman (1954) found that highly gifted individuals were

A) more inclined toward mental illness than their peers.
B) less sensitive to social injustice than their peers.
C) stronger, bigger, and healthier than their peers.
D) likely to come from deprived environments.

Question 38

The service-delivery option for gifted students that is most often criticized is

A) enrichment.
B) tracking.
C) the gifted resource room.
D) mentorships.