Introduction and Background
Should we foster creative thinking in gifted children? Can we? How? Most students are identified for gifted programs by tests of intelligence and achievement. However, Renzulli’s influential conception of giftedness is composed of three ingredients: above average ability, task commitment, and creativity (2016). Renzulli recognized that students would be identified by ability but that their creativity and task commitment must be developed in order for them to display gifted behaviors. He has argued, “history tells us it has been the creative and productive people of the world, the producers rather than consumers of knowledge, the reconstructionists of thought in all areas of human endeavor, who have become recognized as ‘truly gifted’ individuals” (p. 66).
Creativity and Intelligence
Creativity and intelligence are related but distinct psychological constructs. Simply put, intelligence is usually regarded as the ability to acquire and comprehend information,...
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Cramond, B. (2020). Creative Thinking Skills in Gifted Students. In: Peters, M., Heraud, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Innovation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2262-4_181-1
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