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Helping Children Develop Pretend Play Skills

Implications for Gifted and Talented Programs

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Creatively Gifted Students are not like Other Gifted Students

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How can experiences with pretend play facilitate development in gifted and talented children? That broad question is the focus of this chapter. Increasingly, gifted and talented children are being viewed from a developmental perspective (Dweck, 2009). The definition of giftedness and talented has evolved in the field and is no longer focused on IQ alone.

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  1. College of William and Mary, Virginia, USA

    Kyung Hee Kim

  2. California State University, San Bernardino, USA

    James C. Kaufman

  3. Rider University, New Jersey, USA

    John Baer

  4. The University of Montana, USA

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Russ, S.W., Fehr, K.K., Hoffmann, J.A. (2013). Helping Children Develop Pretend Play Skills. In: Kim, K.H., Kaufman, J.C., Baer, J., Sriraman, B. (eds) Creatively Gifted Students are not like Other Gifted Students. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness, vol 5. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-149-8_5

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