ABSTRACT

Since its first appearance in Gifted Child Quarterly (Gagné, 1985), the Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent (DMGT) has evolved into a full-fledged theory of talent development now referred to as the DMGT 2.0 (Gagné, 2009). No chapter-length text can encompass all the details of its contents and dynamics. Consequently, I offer the present text as a “detailed overview”—a potential oxymoron!—of the updated DMGT. This overview comprises five themes:

a. the DMGT’s rationale; b. the five components; c. the prevalence of gifted/talented individuals; d. the DMGT’s biological underpinnings; and e. some basic dynamic rules of talent development.