Gifted Child Quarterly

GCQ is the scholarly journal of the National Association for Gifted Children. Since 1957, GCQ has published manuscripts offering new information and creative insights about giftedness and talent development in the context of the school, the home, and the wider society.

GCQ publishes original quantitative and qualitative research studies and scholarly reviews of literature. The journal also publishes manuscripts reviewing policy and policy implications, and on occasion publishes special issue devoted to current topics of interest to the field.

NAGC individual members now have free electronic access to the entire library of GCQ articles back to Volume 1.  Access to all GCQ articles (free for members; fee per article for non members).

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GCQ Videos

• Editors of GCQ special issue on underachievement interview the authors (Vol 64 Issue 2)
• Rachel Renbarger interviews Aakash Chowkase, on his bioecological system study on school experiences of rural Indian high-ability students. (Online First, July 8, 2021)

GCQ Editors

Dr. Michael Matthews (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) and Dr. Jill Adelson (Duke University) are co-editors of GCQ.  Contact them.

GCQ Paper of the Year

Learn more about the GCQ Paper of the Year Award, an annual award for an article published in GCQ that best exemplifies high standards of scholarship in research, theory, and/or practice in gifted education.

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Gifted Child Quarterly offers OnlineFirst, by which forthcoming articles are published online before they are scheduled to appear in print. Subscribe to Online First when you become a member.