Gifted Children and Learning
A: Internationaaly, 'giftedness' is most frequently determined by a score on a general intelligence test, known as an IQ test, which is above a chosen cut-off point, usually at around the top 2-5%. Children's educational environmnment contributes to the IQ scores and the way intelligence is used. For example, a very close positive relationship was found when children's IQ scores were compared with their home educational provision (Freeman, 2010). The higher the children's IQ scores, especially over IQ 130, the better the quality of their educational backup, measured in terms of reported verbal interactions with parents, number of books and activities in their home etc. Because IQ tests are decidedly influenced by what the child has learned, they are to some extent measures of current achievement based on age-norms; that is, how well the children have learned to manipulate their knnowledge and know-how within the terms of test. The vocabulary aspect,, for example, is dependent on having heard those words. But IQ tests can neither identify the processes of learning and thinking nor predict creativity