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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The title seems misleading. The article is talking about how being identified as "gifted" in early childhood isn't the best predictor of adult success and a lot of factors besides raw intellience go into sucess. [/quote]

Exactly.  I get the impression that many posting here haven’t even read the article. [/quote]

I read the article.  One of the reasons I'm skeptical of AAP is that intelligence seems to be much more fluid than people think, and the tests are very imperfect.  I'm not convinced that the semi-permanence of the gifted label and services given to children based on their level in 2nd grade is appropriate.  Many of those kids will peak early and be somewhat average by high school, while other kids will be late bloomers and flourish later in their careers.  I've met so many people who talked about being identified as highly gifted as 6 or 7 year olds, but seemed pretty average as adults.  Some of them were in college classes with me, and while they might claim a 160+ IQ measured in their early childhoods, they did not learn particularly quickly or well as adult college students.  [/quote]

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