What characterizes children nominated as gifted by teachers? A closer consideration of working memory and intelligence

High Ability Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 75-92

  Kornmann, Jessica ^a,b   Zettler, Ingo ^a,c   Kammerer, Yvonne ^b   Gerjets, Peter ^b   Trautwein, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

elementary school; gifted nomination; giftedness; intelligence; working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938994700     PISSN: 13598139     EISSN: 1469834X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13598139.2015.1033513     Document Type: Article

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