The story of five-year-old Elias Muthomi was enthralling, if not riveting. An exceptionally high level of intellectual prowess for a kid his age. His grip on matters aviation and clarity on his career ...

When we talk about intellectually gifted children, the debate tends to focus on one of two questions: how we detect this characteristic, and why it doesn’t always translate into higher marks at school ...

One of the most divisive topics in education is gifted education. Even the word itself—gifted—has caused debate. The efficacy and equity of gifted programs came under fire in 2021 when New York City ...

A Virginia Beach 13-year-old won a national scholarship to attend a high school or program to meet his “gifted intellectual needs.” Vikram Goudar, an eighth grader at Old Donation School, has advanced ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American On August 23, 2016, Farrah Alexander, a ...

On this encore episode of The Pulse: When psychologist Lewis Terman launched his decades-long study of high-IQ children in 1921, he had a specific goal in mind: to prove that “gifted” people were born ...