Developing talent in young people
by Lauren A. Sosniak · first published 1985
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"The dramatic findings of a ground-breaking study of 120 immensely talented individuals reveal astonishing new information on developing talent in young people."--Cover.
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amusingly not a mention of benjamin bloom and his seminal work "Developing Talent in Young People". he and his team studied over 120 individuals under 40 in 6 fields and found consistent themes. this few page PDF breaks it down nicely: http://www.kragen.net/uploads/4/5/4/3/4543087/developing_tal...…
on “How Do You Raise a Prodigy?” ↗…book The Road To Excellence: The Acquisition of Expert Performance in the Arts and Sciences, Sports, and Games. The Road to Excellence reads almost like a book club among researchers who read Bloom's Developing Talent in Young People and Ericsson's numerous papers on deliberate practice. Each chapter is from a different researcher or group, often with different views. (I was initially a bit put off by the lack of cohesiveness, but…
on “Influence of experience and deliberate practice on expert performance [pdf]” ↗