Pathways to Supporting the Gifted

2019 ◽  
pp. 145-162
Author(s):  
Deborah L. Ruf ◽  
Stephen J. Schroeder-Davis ◽  
Jane E. Hesslein ◽  
William D. Keilty
Keyword(s):  
Gifted Students ◽  
Talent Development ◽  
Gifted Children ◽  
Critical Events ◽  
Personal Traits ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
Intellectually Gifted ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Gifted Adults

This chapter is comprised of the written recollections of four intellectually gifted adults, all of whom became teachers. None had any idea they would ultimately focus on gifted students. Because there is no significant research about who becomes a teacher of gifted students, the purpose of this chapter is to illustrate some of the precursors, critical events, and catalysts that may lead to becoming an educator and advocate for gifted children. The authors each in turn describe the influences of family and others significant to their own talent development and how their exposure to different social and cultural conditions impacted their views. The vignettes provide firsthand information about what motivated these teachers, both internally and externally, and what personal traits contributed to the ways they have advanced the field. All discovered their own giftedness while educating themselves on the needs of gifted students.

Using Discriminant Analysis to Identify Gifted Children

1986 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Pyryt
Keyword(s):  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
School Systems ◽  
Gifted Children ◽  
Identification Procedure ◽  
Powerful Technique ◽  
Intellectually Gifted ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of discriminant analysis and an illustrative example of how this powerful technique can maximize the effectiveness and efficiency (Pegnato and Birch, 1959) of procedures for identifying intellectually gifted students. It is hoped that the information provided in this paper will encourage more researchers and school systems to employ discriminant analysis when developing identification procedure for gifted students.

Poverty, Academic Achievement, and Giftedness: A Literature Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Olszewski-Kubilius ◽  
Susan Corwith
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Talent Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Gifted Children ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Students In Poverty ◽  
Identification Practices

In this article, we review research on poverty, both poverty rates and the effects of poverty on academic achievement more generally and on the identification and services for low-income gifted children specifically. This review sets the stage for further discussion of the research findings on identification practices including the efficacy of various approaches to increase the identification of gifted students in poverty. We then review research on the effectiveness of programs designed specifically to identify students with potential and support them through talent development services. Finally, we conclude the literature review with recommendations for future research.

Attributional Choices for Academic Success and Failure by Intellectually Gifted Students

2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan G. Assouline ◽  
Nicholas Colangelo ◽  
Damien Ihrig ◽  
Leslie Forstadt
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Intellectually Gifted

Action Research and Practical Inquiry: Multicultural Content Integration in Gifted Education: Lessons from the Field

2002 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margie K. Kitano ◽  
Katie S. Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Staff Development ◽  
Secondary Teachers ◽  
Gifted Education ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Gifted Children ◽  
Content Integration

This article describes the attempt of 2 staff-development practitioners to understand—through practical inquiry—elementary and secondary teachers' multicultural goals and implementation experiences with gifted students in a diverse district. An informal survey of teachers participating in an in-service course on gifted education suggested that many of these teachers had goals and experiences related to multicultural curricula for gifted children. Through the survey, teachers also identified obstacles they encountered in implementing multicultural activities and benefits they perceived. Teachers' stories describing their practice were gathered through observations, written reports, and videotapes. Findings offer several implications for guiding teachers' implementation of content related to diversity.

Neuropsychological Profile of Intellectually Gifted Children: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Aurélie Bucaille ◽  
Christophe Jarry ◽  
Justine Allard ◽  
Sylvain Brochard ◽  
Sylviane Peudenier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Verbal Working Memory ◽  
Social Problem Solving ◽  
Gifted Children ◽  
Neuropsychological Profile ◽  
Intellectually Gifted ◽  
Visuospatial Processing

Abstract Objective: The term intellectually gifted (IG) refers to children of high intelligence, which is classically measured by the intelligence quotient (IQ). Some researchers assume that the cognitive profiles of these children are characterized by both strengths and weaknesses, compared with those of their typically developing (TD) peers of average IQ. The aim of the present systematic review was to verify this assumption, by compiling data from empirical studies of cognitive functions (language, motor skills, visuospatial processing, memory, attention and executive functions, social and emotional cognition) and academic performances. Method: The literature search yielded 658 articles, 15 of which met the selection criteria taken from the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses model. We undertook a qualitative summary, to highlight any discrepancies between cognitive functions. Results: IG children exhibited better skills than TD children in a number of domains, including attention, language, mathematics, verbal working memory, shifting, and social problem solving. However, the two groups had comparable skills in visuospatial processing, memory, planning, inhibition, and visual working memory, or facial recognition. Conclusion: Although IG children may have some strengths, many studies have failed to find differences between this population and their TD peers on many other cognitive measures. Just like any other children, they can display learning disabilities, which can be responsible for academic underachievement. Further studies are needed to better understand this heterogeneity. The present review provides pointers for overcoming methodological problems and opens up new avenues for giftedness research.

MULTI-DIMENSIONAL STUDY OF THE INTELLECTUALLY GIFTED ADOLESCENTS

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Meenakshi Bharaj
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Gifted Children ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Intellectually Gifted ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
Gifted Adolescents ◽  
Insight Into

The present study is aimed at studying some intellectual and non-intellectual endowments and characteristics of the intellectually gifted children and also to see how their self-development could be influenced by a planned orientation through lectures and exercises. 740 boys and 520 girls from five randomly selected senior secondary schools having IQ of 145 or above comprised the sample for study. Intelligence, interests, self-esteem, creativity, neuroticism and extraversion, anxiety and sociometric status were studied of such students. These students were given eight sessions of orientation consisting of lecture-cum-demonstration of communication skills, creative thinking and problem solving, leadership and initiative, self-motivation techniques, interpersonal relations and self-development. The results of the study show that gifted children need three things from their parents and teachers. These are (i) acceptance (ii) understanding and (iii) superior insight into problems given their ability for generalising, reasoning and dealing with abstraction. They learn readily and easily, have good memory to listen to. Parents must give active help to their child in assisting him/her to discover his/her assets and limitations - physical, mental and social and to match these with the requirements of different vocations.

Criteria and Indicators of the Level of Formation in Intellectually Gifted Adolescents of the Culture of Social Interaction

2021 ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
V. Emel'yanenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Gifted Children ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
The Social ◽  
Intellectually Gifted ◽  
Mental Abilities ◽  
Gifted Adolescents

Currently, one of the urgent problems of the education system is the search for effective methods of pedagogical support for the social development of intellectually gifted children and adolescents. The article contains the results of theoretical analysis and empirical research aimed at identifying the characteristics and level of formation of the culture of social interaction in intellectually gifted adolescents, considered as the main result of their social education in the educational environment of the school. The author reveals the essence of the culture of social interaction as a pedagogical phenomenon, develops diagnostic tools for its study and determines the level of its formation in 196 adolescents with outstanding mental abilities studying in grades 7-9 of secondary schools.

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