This Study Followed “Gifted” Kids for 45 Years. Here’s What It Uncovered.

Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know?

How does one determine whether or not a child is gifted? When psychologist Julian Stanley was gearing up his study on gifted individuals, he decided to go the traditional route — using a standardized test.

Stanley chose his study subjects by giving the country’s best testing 7th graders a standard S.

A.T. exam. Overall, the kids scored about as well as the typical high school senior – but the children who scored better than high schoolers, Stanley found, showed an extraordinary aptitude in quantitative, logical, and spatial reasoning.

They were his “gifted” children….

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