On gifted education:What do we really know?

Reflections, Perceptions, and Future Directions

“…In a study done on older gifted women by my colleague, Sally Reis, women who achieved eminence in a domain after the age of 50 had engaged in high levels of creative and productive work that often led them to focus their time toward the creation of new ideas or products. During the time that she did this work, she often discussed the use of the Enrichment Triad with persons across the life span, as has Felice Kaufmann [ 1995)) who wrote a personal essay about her father's experiences with Types I, 11, and III activities in the later part of his life.…”