Journal for Education of the Gifted

Spring 2005,

Volume 28, Number 3/4

Table of Contents    go back

• Introduction to the Special Issue on Nature, Nurture, and the Development of Exceptional Competence
by David Yun Dai & Laurence Coleman


• Giftedness and Genetics: The Emergenic-Epigenetic Model and Its Implications
by Dean Keith Simonton


• Giftedness Viewed From the Expert-Performance Perspective
by K. Anders Ericsson, Kiruthiga Nandagopal, & Roy W. Roring


• The Nature and Nurture of Talent: A Bioecological Perspective on the Ontogeny of Exceptional Abilities
by Paul B. Papierno, Stephen J. Ceci, Matthew C. Makel, & Wendy M. Williams


• An Aptitude Perspective on Talent: Implications for Identification of Academically Gifted Minority Students
by David F. Lohman


• What the Savant Syndrome Can Tell Us About the Nature and Nurture of Talent
by Leon K. Miller


• Epilogue: Conclusions and Implications for Gifted Education
by David Yun Dai & Laurence Coleman