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Talented Teenagers : The Roots of Success and Failure by Samuel Whalen, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi and Kevin Rathunde (1993, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521415780

ISBN-139780521415781

eBay Product ID (ePID)472828

Product Key Features

Number of Pages317 Pages

Publication NameTalented Teenagers : the Roots of Success and Failure

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1993

SubjectDevelopmental / Adolescent, General, Developmental / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorSamuel Whalen, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Kevin Rathunde

Subject AreaPsychology

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight19.7 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN92-038165

Reviews'Written in a comprehensible reading style, the book is well organized with clear chapter summaries.'Choice, ‘The result of an extensive five-year study, this pioneering book examines a group of gifted teenagers in an effort to understand the loss of motivation and diminution of talent that takes place during this troublesome period.’The Readers’ Catalog Bulletin, ‘Written in a comprehensible reading style, the book is well organized with clear chapter summaries.’Choice, 'The most significant study of talent development to appear ... [in] almost a decade ... It is must reading for anyone wanting to grasp how the promise of youth converts to the triumphs of maturity.' Contemporary Psychology, 'Written in a comprehensible reading style, the book is well organized with clear chapter summaries.' Choice, ‘Thorough and well documented, Talented Teens is particularly valuable in that its message is applicable to all teenagers, not just to those who are exceptionally talented.’Teacher Magazine, ‘For a society concerned about survival, no issue is more important than the cultivation of its talented young, no outcome more devastating than the loss of talented individuals. Once again Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and his colleagues demonstrate that well-crafted social science can shed new light on such crucial issues.’Howard Gardner, Harvard University, 'The result of an extensive five-year study, this pioneering book examines a group of gifted teenagers in an effort to understand the loss of motivation and diminution of talent that takes place during this troublesome period.'The Readers' Catalog Bulletin, 'For a society concerned about survival, no issue is more important than the cultivation of its talented young, no outcome more devastating than the loss of talented individuals. Once again Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and his colleagues demonstrate that well-crafted social science can shed new light on such crucial issues.' Howard Gardner, Harvard University, 'Thorough and well documented, Talented Teens is particularly valuable in that its message is applicable to all teenagers, not just to those who are exceptionally talented.' Teacher Magazine, 'Thorough and well documented, Talented Teens is particularly valuable in that its message is applicable to all teenagers, not just to those who are exceptionally talented.'Teacher Magazine, 'The most significant study of talent development to appear ... [in] almost a decade ... It is must reading for anyone wanting to grasp how the promise of youth converts to the triumphs of maturity.'Contemporary Psychology, 'The result of an extensive five-year study, this pioneering book examines a group of gifted teenagers in an effort to understand the loss of motivation and diminution of talent that takes place during this troublesome period.' The Readers' Catalog Bulletin, 'For a society concerned about survival, no issue is more important than the cultivation of its talented young, no outcome more devastating than the loss of talented individuals. Once again Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and his colleagues demonstrate that well-crafted social science can shed new light on such crucial issues.'Howard Gardner, Harvard University, 'The most significant study of talent development to appear â€¦ [in] almost a decade â€¦ It is must reading for anyone wanting to grasp how the promise of youth converts to the triumphs of maturity.' Contemporary Psychology, ‘The most significant study of talent development to appear … [in] almost a decade … It is must reading for anyone wanting to grasp how the promise of youth converts to the triumphs of maturity.’Contemporary Psychology

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal155.5/087/9

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Part I. Talented Teens: 2. What is talent?; 3. How the study was conducted: methods and procedures; 4. What are talented teenagers like?; 5. How talented teenagers live; Part II. The development of Talent: 6. Fields and domains of talent in adolescence; 7. The experience of talent; 8. How families influence the development of talent; 9. Schools, teachers, and talent development; Part III. The Cultivation of Talent: 10. Commitment to talent and its correlates; 11. Cultivating talent throughout life; 12. What have we learned?; Appendixes; References; Index.

SynopsisTalented Teenagers is a fascinating and absorbing examination of what makes adolescents tick: what roles personality traits, family interactions, education, and the social environment play in a young person's motivation to develop his or her talent. Vivid descriptions in the students' own words bring the material to life., Talented Teenagers is a fascinating and absorbing examination of what makes adolescents tick: what roles personality traits, family interactions, education, and the social environment play in a young person's motivation to develop his or her talent. Vivid descriptions in the students' own words bring the material to life. Parents, teachers, psychologists, and counselors will find in these pages concrete information abou the conditions that foster the cultivation of mental abilities in adolescence, for both the gifted and the average student.

LC Classification NumberBF724.3.G53 C85 1993