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Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined (2013)

by Scott Barry Kaufman(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0465025544 (ISBN13: 9780465025541)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Basic Books

review 1: In Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined, Scott Barry Kaufman shares important findings on the nature and development of intelligence, creativity, and talent. He illustrates his understandings with a compelling personal narrative. This is an accessible, inspiring, and beautifully-written book that should be well-thumbed and on the bookshelves of every teacher, parent, psychologist, and anyone else who might be interested in knowing more about these elusive processes.
review 2: Kaufman's book is technical and sometimes too full of irrelevant research, but overall, he presents a fabulous case of why we work toward helping children find their own meaning in education and should avoid labeling (and separating) children at all costs.He was labeled a special education stu... moredent based on one IQ test and a slower work method...and it obviously affected his self-confidence as a young child. However, his book does a great job of detailing the history of the IQ test and how it has changed and evolved over the last 60 years. I appreciated the frank details about the problems with this type of test (and yet it is still used as an identifier in schools, though it is not nearly as narrow as it used to be). I also enjoyed the way he presented research that showed that perseverance, self-discipline and deliberate practice played a much bigger role in becoming a "success" than IQ score. (And, as a Montessori-trained educator, I appreciated the nod to Montessori education as being a contributing factor to helping children learn self-discipline and control). less

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