In this episode of the RIOT IQ Podcast, we talk with Dr. Jennifer Jolly about how schools identify gifted students and whether the systems used to measure giftedness may be capturing personality traits rather than intelligence. The conversation explores new research examining teacher rating scales used in gifted education and asks an important question: are some of the tools used to identify gifted students actually measuring personality characteristics like conscientiousness or openness instead of cognitive ability? Jennifer explains how gifted identification works in many school systems, how teacher evaluations influence the process, and why distinguishing between personality and intelligence may be more complicated than it appears. We also discuss how intelligence develops in childhood, how early identification can shape educational opportunit ...