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How a Search for Multitalented Individuals Challenged the Concept Itself

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  • Françoys Gagné
  • François Neveu
  • Lise Simara
  • Francois St. Pére

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This article focuses on individuals with multiple talents. Based on Gagné’s (1993) differentiated model of gifiedness and talent, a selection procedure was devised to assemble a sample of multitalented adolescents for in-depth interviews on the development of their talents. The description of this operation leads to a series of reflections on the nature and operationalization of the concept of multitalent. Among other things, we ask (1) if aptitudes or gifts should be considered in assessing the presence of multitalent, (2) if past talents should be included in the profile, and (3) if closely related abilities should both be included (e.g., excelling in two sports). These reflections demonstrate that constructs which look so simple and straightforward when used in everyday language become suddenly much more complex when we have to define and operationalize them in the context of scientific inquiry.

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  • Françoys Gagné & François Neveu & Lise Simara & Francois St. Pére, 1996. "How a Search for Multitalented Individuals Challenged the Concept Itself," Gifted and Talented International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(1), pages 5-11, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ugtixx:v:11:y:1996:i:1:p:5-11
    DOI: 10.1080/15332276.1996.11672834
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