Yeah, I apologize if I seemed like I was saying that kids with high scores in these areas couldn't be gifted--that's not what I meant at all. I was just wondering who the kids were, you know? I mean, maybe PG kids tend to be really high in all areas and don't have the more typical lower WMI/PRI. Or maybe kids with Aspie tendencies often score high on WMI (isn't memory often very strong in Aspies?). Or...
I've just, personally, seen some kids who are not high on VCI or PRI, but are on the other two and who do seem to lack that depth of thought or abstract thinking ability yet they do achieve highly b/c they memorize well and process fast.
I would be so curious as to how common this is and also as to how well kids with this profile (or say, a slightly different one with high-normal VCI and PRI but not gifted) do long-term. Maybe they don't have the abstract thinking, but to what degree is that a serious problem in today's educational system? Just interesting to ponder. This is not my DD's profile since her verbal and quantitative intelligence were genuinely high (but MG level), but I do wonder if the superior memory and speed I believe she possesses (for instance, she can easily parrot back 8+ digits backwards) give her an academic advantage not necessarily in line with her numerical IQ. In other words...in other words...I don't know. We know that IQ predicts academic achievement to some extent, but maybe in some ways WMI and PSI predict *success within the limited traditional academic lockstep box* in a way that has not yet been quantified. In fact, I guess I wonder...what are these measures "for"? If they do not acuurately ID giftedness, do they accurately ID deficits? What do they tell us?
(Again, I know I am ignorant about all this.)
