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ReQail Ashbury Cayce Van Horn ENGL 1102 18 November 2012 A Complexity in Development: What it Takes to Be a Child Prodigy in Two Kinds

Atkins, Shelly. Whats a Wiz Kid Anyway? Appleseeds 12.1 (2009): 2. Primary Search. Web. 18 Nov. 2012. Atkins explains what a child prodigy is. She gives a brief outline on the basics of the nature behind child prodigies. The author of this article seemed to have researched the subject of child prodigies and given her opinion and summary of what the topic. This source was relevant to both the topic of child prodigies and the story of Two Kinds because it helped to define what a child prodigy is and what the characters of the story wanted to achieve and didnt achieve.

Winner, Ellen. Uncommon Talents: Gifted Children, Prodigies And Savants. Scientific American Presents (1988): 32-37. MasterFILE Elite. Web. 18 Nov. 2012. This article goes over the general problems gifted children, prodigies, and savants face because of their higher capacity to learn at their ages. Winner was able to learn from research that not only do they face these problems from a social standpoint, but also within their families and personally. What I can tell from my evaluation of this source is that the author put a lot of effort into researching this topic to be able to give a good presentation

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of the facts. I find the source relevant because it helps me to give me a better standpoint on the story and where I want to go in my presentation of the topic. L. Jolly, Jennifer1, jjolly@lsu.edu, and Michael S.2 Matthew. "A Critique Of The Literature On Parenting Gifted Learners." Journal For The Education Of The Gifted 35.3 (2012): 260290. OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson). Web. 18 Nov. 2012. This article summarizes results on the type of parenting involved in raising or working with children that are gifted. The authors of this article did many different studies and research to give their critique on the concept of the parenting of gifted learners. The article is relevant to me based more on the mother of the story Two Kind. I have a better understanding of where the characters went wrong in what they were trying to achieve (or not achieve).

Ruthsatz, Joane, and Jourdan B. Urbach. Child prodigy: A novel cognitive profile places elevated general intelligence, exceptional working memory and attention to detail at the root of prodigiousness. Intelligence (2012): doi:10.1016/j.intell.2012.06.002. Web. 18 Nov. 2012. The articles explores the mechanics behind being a child prodigy, and shows how child prodigies can be linked with autism, and other similar disorders. This source is fairly recent and the authors also put in their research and also listed several of their references. The information is relevant to my topic in that it helps me to tie in characteristics of child prodigy and relate it to the story Two Kinds.

Feldman, David Henry, and Lynn T. Goldsmith. Nature's Gambit : Child Prodigies And The Development Of Human Potential. n.p.: Teachers College Press, 1991. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 18 Nov. 2012. This source is somewhat older but the information it

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provides is relevant to the topic. In it you can find information on how child prodigies advance and grow. The book describes how to recognize prodigies, how to further the development along, as well as the mannerisms, dedication and persistence needed to maintain that status and improve.