Spring 2012 MSE7400 Timeline of Gifted Education
http://www.tribbit.com/tribute/1067638.htmlThis is an interactive overview of the history of gifted education for Wilmington University's Spring 2012 MSE 7400 course. The photo at left is our textbook.
Sputnik & the Race to Space
10-4-1957
Soviet satellite Sputnik becomes the first artificial satellite in space. This Russian technological victory spurred a "total talent mobilization" in American educational institutions which ignited, among other initiatives, a renewed effort to identify and challenge gifted students (Colangelo & Davis, 1991, p. 7)
Goddard Summarizes Evaluations
1911
Henry Goddard summarizes his evaluation of 2,000 normal children. The tests successfully measured intelligence not only at below-average levels, but at average and above-average levels.
Henry Goddard Identifies Intelligence
1910
Henry Goddard successfully identified the intelligence of 400 "feebleminded" children with the Binet-Simon tests.
Tracking Initiated
1879
St. Louis initiated tracking allowing some students to complete the first eight grades in less than eight years.
Tracking System Begun
1886
Elizabeth, New Jersey began a tracking system that permitted bright students to progress more rapidly than others.
Special Gifted School Opened
1902
The first special school for gifted children was opened in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Giftedness Noted in Ancient Societies
390 BC
Athens, Greece: Young men and women were chosen for Plato's Academy based on intellectual and physical prowess rather than social standing (Colangelo and Davis 1991). Plato started the academy when he was around 40 years old. The academy operated until AD 529.
Hereditary Genius
1869
Sir Francis Galton publishes his pioneering work on the relationship between intelligence and heredity. This is the first important scientific study claiming an inheritable component to intelligence (Colangelo and Davis 1991). Within this work Galton applies a Normal Distribution curve to explain differences in intellectual achievement within populations (Galton.org).
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