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June Maker has been developing DISCOVER (Discovering Strengths and Capabilities while Observing Varied Ethnic Responses); and Belle Wallace has been developing TASC (Thinking Actively in a Social Context). In their latest joint publication (Wallace and Maker, Thinking Skills and Problem-Solving: An Inclusive Approach, London: David Fulton Publishers, 2004), they have combined their work to make a powerful framework for curriculum development that accommodates the varying rates of pupil development. They maintain that although “intelligence” and “giftedness” may have a genetic base, these potentials are essentially developed and driven by the processes that are used in problem-solving; and that all learners are capable of improving their problem-solving processes across the ten human abilities: emotional, social, spiritual, somatic, visual/spatial, auditory, mathematical/symbolic, linguistic, mechanical/technical and scientific. In their joint work, they advocate an inclusive approach to the concept of giftedness.
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Wallace, B., Maker, C. (2009). DISCOVER/TASC : An Approach to Teaching and Learning That Is Inclusive YetMaximises Opportunities for Differentiation According to Pupils’ Needs. In: Shavinina, L.V. (eds) International Handbook on Giftedness. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6162-2_57
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