Terman’s Kids: The Groundbreaking Study of How the Gifted Grow Up PDF
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THE GROUNDBREAKING STUDY OF HOW THE GIFTED GROW UP SHURKIN OEL N. , 155.455 Shurkin, Joel N. SHU 1938- Terman s kids. ' DATE DUE DFC Q icwfe r i SEf> 6 fl 1995 f ww swj/vv 0 * 0C1 - 0 8 199a — | e ,nue(^» FEB r8t ^ j SEP ~0 7 1393 ~' r nM'e-.ev ?* ^ ?fn,,ouflr JAN 1 9 ?nm HTB ?Am 1 f) £ FEB 2 7 2301 APR 0 3 2001 HAY 3 8 2002 GAYLORD PRINTEDINU.S.A Digitized by the Internet Archive 2015 in https://archive.org/details/termanskidsOOjoel TERMAN’S KIDS San Rafael Public Library 1100 E Street San Rafael, CA 94901 By Joel N. Shurkin Helix (with Desmond Ryan) The Invisible Fire Engines ofthe Mind Intensive Care Termans Kids TERMAN’S KIDS THE GROUNDBREAKING STUDY OF HOW THE GIFTED GROW UP JOEL SHURKIN N. Little, Brown and Company BOSTON TORONTO LONDON Copyright © 1992 byJoel N. Shurkin All rights reserved. No part ofthis book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote briefpassages in a review. First Edition Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shurkin,Joel N., 1938— Terman’s kids the—groundbreaking study ofhow the gifted grow : up /Joel N. Shurkin. 1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 0-316-78890—-2 — 1. Gifte—d children Uni—ted States Longitudinal studies. 2. Gifted United States Longitudinal studies. 3. Terman, Lewis Madison, 1877-1956. I. Title. BF723.G5S48 —1992 155.45'5'0973 dc20 91-37572 98765432 10 1 RRD VA Publishedsimultaneously in Canada & by Little, Brown Company (Canada) Limited Printed in the United States of America — — To my beautiful and gifted sisters , Susan Sicola and Mimi Heyman CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction 3 One Intelligence Testing 6 Two The Study 26 CHILDHOOD Beatrice 51 Jess 54 Ira 59 The Tadashi Family: Emily 62 Three Geniuses of the Past 68 Four The Battle over Testing 73 Five The Problem with Sex 79 Six The Promise of Youth 86 Seven Literary Juvenilia 101 YOUTH Shelley 109 Beatrice 117 Sara Ann 122 The Tadashi Family: Delores 126 The Tadashi Family: Ronald Talbot 128 Ancel 132 Eight The Gifted Grow Up 137 Nine How to Measure Success 158
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