Tannenbaum's+'Sea+star'+model+of+giftedness

=**Tannenbaum's 'Sea star' model of giftedness** = Developed by Abraham Tannenbaum in 1983.

Tannenbaum’s model aims to identify children and adolescents who have the potential for ‘becoming critically acclaimed performers or exemplary producers of ideas’. The specificity of this view of giftedness means the model is designed to be fairly restrictive. The model is holistic because it goes beyond identifying general and specific abilities, to include personality attributes and environmental interactions.

Altogether Tannenbaum singled out ﬁve internal and external variables that when combined produce giftedness: - General Ability, Special Aptitude, Nonintellective requisites, Environmental supports and Chance.

The five factors are illustrated in a sea star design:

Tannenbaum’s model allows for potential as each arm of the sea star has both a static (child as they are currently) and dynamic (learning/changing) element. The Model does not assign more value to any one area and allows for infinite combinations of each but all five must be present for an area of talent to develop.

Like Renzulli's Model this model focuses on the interaction of several variables and all must be present in order to facilitate giftedness. Tannenbaum suggests that while different areas of talent may require different combinations of the factors a serious deficiency in any one element cannot be compensated for by the other four. ===   ===