Duke Gifted LetterFor Parents of Gifted Children

Volume 3 / Issue 3 / Spring 2003 Archives

Of course you’d like your gifted daughter to have a fulfilling career that combines creativity, challenge, and the opportunity to contribute, and you want her to establish a satisfactory family life and relationships. However, glass ceilings and sticky floors continue...

Feature Parenting/Advocacy Rimm, Sylvia B. Social-Emotional Issues

A Forgotten Voice: A Biography of Leta Stetter Hollingworth, by Ann G. Klein. Great Potential, 2002. Trade paper, 246 pp., ISBN 0-910707-53-7. $22.00 A Forgotten Voice details the life and accomplishments of Leta Hollingworth, one of the founders of gifted...

Book Reviews Stephens, Kristen R. The Top Shelf

To the chagrin of high school students and parents alike, applying to college has gotten more complicated. Colleges now attract students by offering them one of two early admission options (chances to be accepted to a college in the fall...

College Planning Pfeiffer, Steven I. The Editor's View

Every week since the publication of my first book, The Gifted Adult (previously Liberating Everyday Genius), I have received phone calls, letters, and e-mails from gifted people around the world and have been fascinated by the similarity of their impassioned...

Jacobsen, Mary-Elaine Social-Emotional Issues Special Focus

What is a genius? The image that comes to mind is a person with an extraordinarily high IQ, the recipient of a Nobel Prize, or the discoverer of the cure for a deadly disease. Most people believe that such a...

Pizarro, David Salovey, Peter Social-Emotional Issues The Emotional Edge

It is likely that a third-grade math scholar at Hunter College Elementary School can deftly calculate a student’s odds of gaining entry to New York City’s prestigious school for the gifted. Even a younger student could offer the advice that...

Ludwig, Susan Magna Cum Laude Model Program/Schools

What is the importance of the college visit, and what does it involve? The cost of going to college ranges from the price of a new car to that of a new house. You wouldn’t buy either without taking a...

College Planning Consultant's Corner VonGruben, Jill F.

Need some fun and challenging games for spring break? Visual thinking games may be the answer. Dozens are available, but I have chosen for evaluation some of the more unique and challenging ones. Visual Brainstorms: The Smart Thinking Game and...

Boone, Sarah Educational Products & Tips Product Tips