Time Line of Contributions to Gifted Education

Published Heredity Genius regarding nature vs nurture

Developed intelligence tests and defined "mental age".

Father of Gifted Movement, modified Binet's tests and published Genetic Studies of Genius

Mother of the Gifted Education, recognized the social and emotional needs of gifted students.

Multiple-Talent Totem Pole Model including nine talents that develop creativity and problem solving.

Five Sea Star definition of Giftedness: the Who, What, and How of giftedness

Multiple Intelligence Theory: Eight intelligences including verbal/linguistic; logical/mathematical, spacial, musical, bodily/kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist

Triarchic Theory of Intellectual Gifts: Analytic Giftedness, Practical Giftedness, and Synthetic Giftedness

Published The Bell Curve

Three-Ring Model of Giftedness: includes creativity, above average abilities, and task commitment