In 750 words, with well-developed paragraphs, answer these questions based on the articles. The articles must be read in order to answer the prompts.

Explain “gene-environment” interaction and implications for teaching gifted students.
Examine some major published debate or disagreement over gifted education. To what extent were the arguments over goals and values (politics), and to what extent were they over empirical facts (scientific evidence)? For the politics, what were the key points of implicit or explicit contention? For the science, how much and what kind of evidence was actually provided?