Professional Learning Strategies for Teachers of Underachieving Gifted Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-111
Author(s):  
Jennifer Ritchotte ◽  
Chin-Wen Lee ◽  
Amy Graefe
1982 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 179-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia B. Dowdall ◽  
Nicholas Colangelo

Author(s):  
Mª Carmen García del Canto

Abstract.The aim of this study is to describe the profile of the motivation to learn in students of Elementary and Secondary Education diagnosed as gifted, and to compare it with the profile of students of normal capacity. Despite that gifted students are considered the most skilled for study and homework, they suffer a high rate of low achievement in school. To explore a possible intervention, motivational variables have been chosen to study, as they are widely related to school success in the literature, and have been shown subject to change with proper interventions. This has been studied in a sample of 36 students (18 diagnosed as gifted and 18 of normal capacity) both Elementary Education and Secondary Education, analyzing their motivation through motivational part of the Learning Strategies Questionnaire and Motivation (CEAM) Ayala, Martinez and Yuste (2004), the 60 items measure the Value of learning, Intrinsic Motivation, Teamwork value, External Motivation, the feeling of Self-efficacy and an Internal Attribution of success. The questionnaire was collectively applied to all students in the classroom, then they were selected those diagnosed as gifted, and 18 pairs of the same characteristics with normal capacity to form the comparison group. Results appear consistent with previous scientific research. Gifted students, as a group, gave greater value to learning and had greater feeling of self-efficacy in the school environment that students of normal capacity, there are no major differences between the two groups of students about other motivational determinants.Key words: Gifted, Talented, motivation, motivational profile, low achievementResumen.El objetivo del presente estudio es describir el perfil de la motivación hacia el aprendizaje en alumnado de Educación Primaria y Secundaria con diagnóstico de alta capacidad, y comparar el mismo con el perfil del alumnado de capacidad normal. A pesar de que los alumnos de alta capacidad se consideran los más hábiles para el estudio y las tareas escolares, sufren una alta tasa de fracaso escolar. A la hora de explorar una posible intervención se ha optado por estudiar las variables motivacionales, ya que están ampliamente relacionadas en la literatura con el éxito escolar, y se han mostrado susceptibles de modificación con la intervención adecuada. Para ello se ha estudiado una muestra de 36 alumnos (18 diagnosticados de alta capacidad y 18 de capacidad normal) tanto de Educación Primaria como de Educación Secundaria, analizando la motivación de los mismos a través de la parte motivacional del Cuestionario de Estrategias de Aprendizaje y Motivación (CEAM) de Ayala, Martínez y Yuste (2004), cuyos 60 ítems miden la Valoración del estudio, la Motivación Intrínseca, la valoración del Aprendizaje en Grupo, la Necesidad de reconocimiento, el sentimiento de Autoeficacia y la Atribución interna del éxito. El cuestionario se ha aplicado de forma colectiva a todos los alumnos del aula, seleccionando después aquellos diagnosticados de alta capacidad, y 18 pares de las mismas características con capacidad normal que forman el grupo de comparación del estudio, Los resultados parecen consistentes con investigaciones científicas anteriores en las que los alumnos con alta capacidad como grupo dan mayor valor al aprendizaje y poseen mayor sentimiento de autoeficacia en el entorno escolar que el alumnado de capacidad normal, no existiendo diferencias mayores entre los dos grupos de alumnado en el resto de determinantes motivacionales.Palabras Clave: Alta Capacidad, superdotación, motivación, perfil motivacional, fracaso escolar.


2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-226
Author(s):  
Robyn Spoon ◽  
Lisa DaVia Rubenstein ◽  
Kate Shively ◽  
Krista Stith ◽  
Margaret Ascolani ◽  
...  

Effective gifted education should incorporate opportunities for gifted students to develop creative and critical thinking along with academic and affective skills. Professional learning (PL) supporting these outcomes is not consistently successful. Therefore, this study pilots a new PL model called Instruct to Innovate (I2I) to support teachers’ efforts in facilitating gifted students’ development. This model integrates the Design Thinking Model and adult learning theories. Teachers participated in a multiphase intervention, including a 2-week PL summer camp with subsequent bimonthly meetings throughout the school year. Teachers’ reflections, captured in focus groups, along with secondary sources of corroborating data were collected. Through qualitative analyses, teachers recognized key design principles (i.e., human-centeredness, bias towards action, collaborative nature, and mindfulness of the process) within the PL model, their practice, and their students. These findings provide initial evidence that this approach may support educators’ efforts as they provide powerful learning experiences for gifted students.


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