Renzulli's+'Three-ring'+model+of+giftedness

=Renzulli's 'Three-ring' model of giftedness= Developed by Joseph Renzulli in 1975.

Renzulli theorized that Giftedness consists of an interaction among three clusters of human traits; Gifted and talented children are only those who possess or are capable of possessing the composite set of traits
 * 1) **Above average general abilities** (top 15-20% in any domain)
 * 2) **High levels of task commitment** (Task specific motivation, requires the student to be engaged in the task, to value it, and to have the self-belief that they can successfully complete it. Implies that the student must earn the right to be gifted)
 * 3) **High levels of creativity**.



Criticisms
The premise that gifted children have all three characteristics (ability, creativity and commitment) has been based on observation of successful, creative adults hence the model completely ignores gifted children with great potential who are demotivated and/or underachieving for whatever reason Further more researchers have found there is virtually no correlation between intelligence and creativity, but Renzulli’s model demands both to classify a child as gifted and ignores those who are very capable in only one area. finally Renzulli defines gifted children as ‘those possessing or capable of possessing’ all three traits, but being ‘capable of possessing’ any of the three traits is completely unquantifiable.

The combination of attributes Renzulli describes are better used as working goals than identifiers, Renzulli himself argues that all characteristics can be developed.

Gross, 2005., Renzulli, 2000.