This is a tangent but I'm curious about something. Are there any tests designed for separating out LOG? I know some people have developed brackets for mainstream tests but I am wondering if there is anything out there specifically for the gifted population.
"Levels of Gifted" (LOG) is a means of describing and grouping distinctions between IQ scores at the upper tail of the normal distribution or bell curve.
The percentiles are determined by comparing the IQ scores relative to other test-takers.
aeh describes this well in a
post upthread.
All terms are short-hands for much more complex and nuanced constructs, and tend to accumulate social-emotional accretions over time, often resulting in their eventual abandonment, under the weight of these overgrowths. (E.g., at the other end of the cognitive spectrum, such previously neutral terms as idiot or mentally retarded.) We use these terms only for convenience in communication. As soon as they become obstacles to effective communication, they lose their purpose.
