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In my school, there is a project day, I have to collect information and pictures by 9:00 pm indian time tonight. The information is about child prodigies in the field of education, i.e, children, below age of 18, becoming scholars in education. Desparate for help, it goes on the reflection of my school

2006-11-01 21:48:29 · 5 answers · asked by Gita 3 in Education & Reference Primary & Secondary Education

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Try these sites: it may be helpful for you,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_prodigy

www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_3_56/ai_68504383

www.brainconnection.com/topics/?main=fa/child-prodigies

http://www.abacon.com/berk/cd/walk.html

2006-11-01 22:03:40 · answer #1 · answered by macrohard 2 · 1 0

There was Billy, a seven year old who read college physics books for fun, and Franklin, who was a top-rated chess player by the time he was eight. Perhaps the most amazing of all was three year-old Adam who could read, write and speak several languages, as well as compose music on the guitar. His knowledge seemed to have no bounds. When the boy was five, Feldman took him to Boston's Museum of Science, where he enjoyed a puppet show on humpback whales. He participated like the other children right up until the end, when the puppeteer asked the rhetorical question, "Does anyone know what humpback whales eat?"

"Krill!" called Adam immediately. Then he added helpfully, "They're small shrimp but they're not microscopic."

Feldman noted that unlike Adam, child prodigies are typically extreme specialists. They are finely attuned to a particular field of knowledge, demonstrating rapid and often seemingly effortless mastery. While most child prodigies do have high IQs, they do not demonstrate extraordinary performance across the board. Rather, they are bright individuals whose ability is far beyond that of age mates but falls short when compared to adults. Some child prodigies, however, have skills outside the range of even the most able adult competitors. For example, the young chess player studied by Feldman could recreate entire games from memory, an ability even most chess champions do not possess.

For many years, people looked upon child prodigies with a mixture of awe and trepidation. Some cultures even considered gifted children to be a sign of impending doom, but mostly the children's talents served as entertainment for curious onlookers. It was not until the turn of the twentieth century that researchers began systematic study of gifted children, searching for clues about the nature of intelligence. By far the most industrious program was led by Lewis Terman, who began a study of 1500 genius children that lasted nearly seventy years.

2006-11-02 05:59:12 · answer #2 · answered by Angel 2 · 0 1

1.At the age of 14 years, Rabindra Nath tagore wrote beautiful poems of Krishna lila named as BHANUSHINGHA PADAWALI. Later he got Nobel prize for his book of Poems called GITANJALI.
2.Master Madan was a famour classical DHRUPAD singer at the tender age 13 years
3. Jagat guru SHANKARACHARYA mastered UPANISHAD and VED at age of 15 years.

2006-11-02 05:59:20 · answer #3 · answered by neela m 5 · 1 0

And you are one of the prodigies coz you know how to collect informaton without working hard !!! You are a prodigy in the Smart Worker section ... !!!

2006-11-02 06:03:55 · answer #4 · answered by Roark 2 · 0 1

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2006-11-02 05:50:04 · answer #5 · answered by chrisnewcars 3 · 0 1

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