The Davidson Institute provides on its website a list of tests and scores used in identifying/assessing highly gifted students at the following URL:

http://www.ditd.org/Public/article.aspx?cid=74.

In addition, the Institute's library contains a variety of articles on assessment of giftedness at the following:

http://www.ditd.org/Cybersource/library/category.aspx?cat=Assessment&tp=168&mid=183

The aforementioned website of The Gifted Development Center in Denver, CO, provides several other articles written by its Director, Linda Silverman, Ph.D., and also those of other experts. After accessing the link, http://www.gifteddevelopment.com, click on each of "Characteristics," "Gifted Facts," and "Highly Gifted Facts" on the sidebar.

And, as promised earlier, following are additional sites defining or explaining giftedness:

• The following website, from which the introductory quote to this section is taken, lists many, many articles on Giftedness:

  http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/identification.htm.

• And Austega, an Australian group who supports gifted education, has defined giftedness as well as listing several of its characteristics at http://www.austega.com/gifted.

  Don't miss the following sections:
  — http://www.austega.com/gifted/whatis.htm,
  — http://www.austega.com/gifted/characteristics.htm,
  — http://austega.com/gifted/preschoolers.htm;
  — …And also note their "Gifted Links Library."

• TAG, Families of the Gifted and Talented, defines intellectual giftedness on its website, as well as other articles that discuss "who is gifted," education of the gifted (note the "homeschooling" link in the text after accessing the education link), etc. After clicking on its home site below, click on the GREEN tab on the left, which opens up several additional green tabs, each with its own topic.

  www.tagfam.org

So…What is Giftedness? The definitions and analyses in the resources above attempt to explain the subject of our focus at the Malone Family Foundation. More links to information on gifted organizations, study, programs, and alternatives are listed on our "Expert Resources" page.

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