Aspects of Intelligence in Gifted Preschoolers

Stanford-Binet results for 36 gifted children of preschool age were classified into categories according to Guilford's Structure-of-Intellect (SI) model. Four of five operations categories were considered and the levels of relative magnitude between the different factors compared. Also examined were changes within the same factor over a two year span. Greatest variability b etween SI factors occurred at younger age groups. Three factors showed a relative decline over the two year test span despite steady Stanford-Binet IQ levels.