• Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.241-260
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to contrast young gifted children with ordinary young children in K-ABC profile. The subject were 51 young gifted children and 51 ordinary young children, 2 to 4 years of age. Data of children's K-ABC profile were analyzed by Correlation and Crosstabs. The main results of this study were as follows: First, in the case of ordinary young children, there were significant positive correlation among 'Mental Processing Composite' and all sub-tests of mental processing composite except 'face memory' test, 'Achievement Scale'. In young gifted children, there were significant positive correlation among 'Mental Processing Composite' and just four sub-tests of mental processing composite, and there were no significant correlation between 'Mental Processing Composite' and 'Achievement Scale'. Second, there were no significant differences among all sub-tests' strength and weakness in young gifted children and ordinary young children. Third, young gifted children got higher score in 'Sequential Processing Scale' and 'Mental Processing Composite' than 'Achievement Scale'. But in ordinary young children, there were no significant differences among all K-ABC' sub-scales.