An application of cognitive‐developmental theory to the identification of gifted children

Cognitive development of intellectually gifted: A Piagetian perspective

“…U ntil the issue of sex differences on Piagetian measures can be clarified, it would be most prudent to assume that when Piagetian measures are used to identify the gifted, more males than females will be found. To combat this problem Carter and Kontos (1982) have suggested augmenting Piagetian assessment with additional measures of aptitude because measures of formal operational abilities don't overlap with general aptitude measures and general aptitude measures have eliminated gender bias. Another possible solution to test bias due to gender is the establishment of separate norms for each sex.…”

“…Keating, 1975);Shayer, Kuchemann & Wylan, 1976) reported the gifted to be superior. The author and two of his colleagues (Carter & Ormrod, 1982;Carter & Kontos, 1982) reviewed these and other studies and concluded that the inconsistent results can be explained by the variability of the conditions across the studies. For example, different Piagetian tasks were used, age groupings varied, and sample size was often limited.…”