LONGITUDINAL-STUDY OF DEVELOPMENT IN GIFTED PUPILS OF PRIMARY-SCHOOL

The research has been carried out as a part of Moscow Longitudinal Stu dy of Giftedness. Gifted pupils of the first grade have been selected by two-stage procedure: teachers' checklists and tests of intellectual abilities and creativity. A control group has included the children o f the same age without selection. All the groups have been treated thr ice: in the first, the second and the third grades. Intellectual abili ties, creativity, motivation, and other personal characteristics have been observed. Significant differences between gifted and non-gifted s choolchildren have been found in cognitive and personal development. A verage, high- and super-gifted children have been differentiated and e valuated. The results demonstrate that gifted children need special su pport, otherwise they cannot develop their intellectual and creative p otential.