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What Makes Giftedness?: Reexamining a Definition

Joseph S. Renzulli

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Giftedness needs to be redefined to include three elements: above-average intelligence, high levels of task commitment, and high levels of creativity.

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Giftedness needs to be redefined to include three elements: above-average intelligence, high levels of task commitment, and high levels of creativity.

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Giftedness needs to be redefined to include three elements: above-average intelligence, high levels of task commitment, and high levels of creativity.

Key concepts: Creativity, Task (project management), Psychology, Mathematics education, Cognitive psychology, Pedagogy, Social psychology, Economics

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