He believes that three interacting trait clusters are

above average ability, task commitment and

creativity

Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent (DMGT) distinguishes

between giftedness and talent; Giftedness is the possession and use
of untrained superior natural abilities whereas talent is the superior
mastery of developed abilities or knowledge

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The process is either facilitated or hindered by intrapersonal

catalysts (physical and psychological factors that are genetic) and
environmental catalysts (parenting styles, size of family,
socioeconomic status)

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Developed the three-ring conception of giftedness

that analyzes the main dimensions of human
potential for creative productivity

You must be talented to be gifted but

dont have to be gifted to be talented

Dr. Sternbergs Triarchic Theory of Successful

Intelligence intelligent behavior comes from a
balance of analytical, creative and practical abilities.

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No single cluster of the interacting trait clusters

make giftedness, but rather a combination of all
three does.
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Theory of Multiple Intelligences intelligent behaviors does
not arise from the single unitary quality of the mind, but
rather from combination of different kinds of intelligence

Says intelligence is your skill in achieving whatever it is you want

to attain in your life within your sociocultural context by capitalizing
on your strengths and compensating for your weaknesses.

Analytical abilities enable the person to evaluate and analyze while

creative abilities enable them to invent and discover. Practical
abilities tie it all together and put them to use in appropriate
settings.

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The 7 intelligences: linguistic, logicalmathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical,

interpersonal and intrapersonal.

Says that logical-mathematical and linguistic intelligences are

overemphasized in traditional models of human intelligence and
that there is more to human intelligence, hence the 7
intelligences

Teachers should model being lifelong learners for

their students and to promote passion learning
Developed the Autonomous Learning Model for
teachers to teach students to be lifelong learners.
Divides gifted learners into six types: The successful, the creative
and the underground, the dropouts, the double-labeled and the
autonomous learner all of which, have unique traits and needs