Talent Search versus Talent Development

摘要

The terms search and development are certainly different,and yet the concepts of talent search and talent developmentare often confused with each other. I did that too when Iinitiated the USA Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS)thirty years ago. In the first part of the present note I willconcentrate on the difference between the two conceptswith the aim of pointing out that while we have the machineryfor doing an excellent job of talent search at thepre-college level, we are doing poorly in the area of talentdevelopment. In the second part of this note, based on mypersonal experiences I will recommend a workable modelfor talent development.