Meta-Mentoring

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

On IQ test and literary intelligence

Here's a quote from an interview with Adora Svitak, 11 year-old child prodigy:

IQ test - she hasn't taken one - is "not necessarily the best way to determine one's literary intelligence..." "But I was thrilled to be able to read at three. I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did." More from Kate Corr's article here.

Labels: Adora Svitak, prodigy

Saturday, February 14, 2009

On peer groups of prodigies

I didn't think of posting a blog on Valentine's Day. But what the heck, a serendipitous discovery forced me to not skip this one.

Just follow the links on Valentine Cawley's entry on extremely gifted children, particularly his own.

Labels: peers, prodigy

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Teacher at 9 years old?

Yes, that's what Adora Svitak is. She's got good press via CNN and of course the Internet, without which her tremendous feat would have been hardly possible.