IMO, the most valuable statement in the OP's article was the third-party comment about labels being a "diagnostic" tool useful in securing access to services. My view is that even the HG/PG/EG labels are still only a broad snapshot of capability, with little insight into gestalt, where talents and motivations lie, etc. Funnily, it seems the most gifted children are the ones who don't cling to labels. After all, was Marie Curie just "a chemist"?

I also wonder to what extent self-serving bias is colouring the teacher's assessments of her HG+ students.

Last edited by aquinas; 12/27/12 07:57 PM.
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