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The study aimed to investigate the attitudes of preschool teachers towards gifted children. A sample of 70 Slovenian preschool teachers was included in the study. The data was collected using a quantitative data collection technique and a questionnaire as a measurement tool. The results showed that preschool teachers believe gifted children’s characteristics are most easily recognised in the preschool years, especially in the second age group (3-6 years). Most respondents (82.9%) believe it is easier to recognise giftedness in children in the general intellectual domain. Most preschool teachers consider pedagogical differentiation and individualisation important when working with gifted preschool children. More than half of the respondents (57.1%) answered that they do not use tools for discovering gifted children, and the majority of them believe that they do not know the early signs of giftedness. In conclusion, gifted children should be identified in early childhood so that their development and potential can be adequately nurtured. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Este estudio examina las concepciones y creencias arraigadas en la escuela acerca de las altas capacidades, que pueden obstaculizar el adecuado desarrollo educativo y la atención a la diversidad de este alumnado, a través del análisis de las representaciones sociales presentes entre estudiantes universitarios en formación docente. La investigación tiene un enfoque mixto, utilizando para su análisis la teoría de representaciones sociales por medio de un análisis prototípico de palabras, con la participación de 274 individuos. Los resultados revelan que la palabra “inteligente” prevalece en todas las representaciones sociales, mientras que los elementos periféricos varían y se relacionan más con aspectos socioemocionales. La formación académica se destaca como un elemento importante que desestabiliza el núcleo central de la representación, ofreciendo una visión más holística del concepto. En la percepción colectiva del grupo investigado, se identifican varios mitos, estereotipos y falsas creencias. Entre ellos, destaca la creencia en la idea de que las altas capacidades son innatas. Además, persiste el estereotipo de que este alumnado siempre sobresale en rendimiento, y la presencia de dificultades en su adaptación personal y social. Social representations of giftedness among university students in preservice teacher Abstract This study examines the conceptions and beliefs entrenched in schools regarding giftedness, which hinder the proper educational development and attention to the diversity of these students. It focuses on the social representations present among university students in preservice teacher. The research adopts a mixed-method approach, utilizing social representations theory through prototypical word analysis, with the participation of 274 individuals. The results reveal that the word “intelligent” prevails in all social representations, while peripheral elements vary and are more related to socioemotional aspects. Academic training stands out as an important element that destabilizes the central core of the representation, offering a more holistic view of the concept. In the collective perception of the investigated group, several myths, stereotypes, and false beliefs are identified. Among them, the belief in the idea that giftedness is innate stands out. Additionally, the stereotype persists that these students always excel in performance and face difficulties in their personal and social adaptation.

Abstract The concept of giftedness has evolved significantly over time. Today, it still lacks a singular and precise definition, but it is continually evolving. One notable model found in the literature is the Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent (DMGT) by Gagné. This model appears to be a valid contribution to better understanding giftedness, the characteristics of gifted students and the problems related to these constructs. The article aims to highlight the characteristics of gifted students, underlining critical points and strengths in relation to the various contexts, specifically to the school context, and to Gagné’s model (personal, scholastic, environmental and social), with a focus on future implications.

The research results suggest that teachers find potentially gifted children to be academically more competent and sociable as opposed to students without the same potential. Likewise, potentially gifted children tend to have better academic achievements. When it comes to their socio-demographic profile, there seem to be more female students than male, and they often live in urban areas. Additionally, both parents of potentially gifted children show higher levels of education when compared to parents of non-potentially gifted children. The results of the hierarchical regression analysis point to significant effects by gender, place of residence and parental education have in explaining children’s academic competence and sociability; results also reveal significant incremental validity in the assessment of cognitive ability, motivation, and creativity.

Traditional identification approaches have often excluded many students from underrepresented backgrounds from gifted and talented service programs. This study introduces an innovative identification method based on the Bull’s Eye Model for Affective Development—Expansion (BEM-e), which focuses on identifying giftedness and talents through targeted positive psychological traits. This method is integrated within an affective curriculum designed to create authentic learning environments that align with students’ interests and strengths, fostering deeper engagement, motivation, and self-efficacy. Grounded in the positive psychology theory, the curriculum includes engaging, activity-oriented modules with comprehensive dynamic assessments. These assessments allow teachers to identify a broad range of talents and abilities, promoting equity and a holistic identification process, which contributes to a more equitable and comprehensive education system.

Intelligence scales are widely employed in the assessment of gifted students. The Anadolu-Sak Intelligence Scale [ASIS], an intelligence evaluation tool originating from Turkey, is extensively used for identifying gifted students. This study aimed to investigate the cognitive profiles of gifted children using the ASIS. Participants were selected from students who underwent intelligence testing at the Gifted Education Research and Practice Center [GERPC]. The study focused on data from 360 students with a GIQ score of 130 or higher. To determine the cognitive profiles of gifted students, a statistical technique called latent profile analysis [LPA] was employed using the tidyLPA package in R. The results revealed two distinct gifted profiles: verbal gifted (38%) and nonverbal gifted (62%). Children with a verbal gifted profile excelled in tasks involving verbal reasoning, analogies, and linguistic abilities. Conversely, children with a non-verbal gifted profile demonstrated exceptional abilities in tasks requiring visual flexibility and sequential processing. Both groups exhibited superior cognitive abilities across various domains compared to the average group mean. These findings challenge the notion of a single, general intelligence profile and underscore the importance of considering multiple domains and psychometric categories when identifying and supporting gifted individuals.

Foreign language learning process of gifted individuals plays a critical role in both their self-development and academic life. However, EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers may encounter various challenges while teaching to gifted individuals. The purpose of the present research is to reveal the opinions of EFL teachers in Science and Art Centers (SACs) on the challenges they encounter in teaching English, find out possible sources for these difficulties, and their solutions and recommendations. In total, 21 EFL teachers working in different SACs in Turkiye participated in the study. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview based on three main themes: a) the challenges the participants have faced, b) the participants’ views on the source of these problems, and c) their suggested strategies to cope with the mentioned challenges. Content analysis was carried out to analyze the data. The qualitative findings demonstrated that the EFL teachers experienced similar challenges including the lack of an established curriculum, insufficient educational technological equipments and appropriate materials for language teaching, having students with different levels of English proficiency in the same groups, and having long working hours.

Background. The article is devoted to the analysis of changes in modern scientific ideas about the giftedness of children in recent years on the example of the most famous concepts and models in the world. The relevance of the study is due to the need for scientific substantiation of approaches to the identification, development and support of gifted children as one of the priority areas of the education system. Objective — to characterize the main trends in the evolution of the world-recognized concepts and models of intellectual giftedness and its development in the context of the modern education tasks, based on the analysis of scientific publications, mainly of the last five years. Results. It is shown that one of the main trends of changes in the concepts of giftedness is the expansion and complication of ideas about its cognitive as well as non-cognitive intrapersonal components and their development in interaction with the influence of the environment. The research demonstrated specifics of manifestations and development of giftedness in different types of mental activity and the individual variability of its dynamics at different age and educational stages. The author substantiated the necessity of building an educational environment conducive to developing the giftedness of different types and creating more complex, varied, and dynamic educational strategies and methods. Conclusion. The results of the study expand and deepen the understanding of giftedness in children and youth, demonstrate the variability of its cognitive, intrapersonal, socio-psychological characteristics, create a fundamental basis for the development and support of advanced educational practice.

In this paper, we present a comparative analysis between registered gifted Slovenian, Gambian, and Indian students in which we sought to find out how they perform in solving selected mental tasks, where we were focused on logical-mathematical and spatial intelligence as a function of the social environment from which the students came. We found that the results for the test groups differed. Out of ten task sets, Slovenian students performed better than their Indian and Gambian peers in as many as seven task sets; in four tasks we found a statistically significant difference between Slovenian and Indian children, and a comparison between Slovenian and Gambian students shows that Slovenian children scored better on mental task sets in all groups.

The purpose of this article is to review the Fuzzy Conception of Giftedness (FCG) and discuss its implications for the identification and education of gifted students. According to the Fuzzy Conception of Giftedness, the manifestation of giftedness results from the interplay between personal dispositions and stimulus conditions; thus, giftedness exists in the interaction between a person and the environment (e.g., stimulus conditions). While a person is disposed to carry out actions, the environment is potent to allow these actions. In line with this proposition, the identification and education of gifted students should be built on interactions. Interactive models are useful to identify and educate students who have overachievement potential. The FCG proposes three components to define giftedness that could be used in identifying and educating gifted students: intellective and non-intellective dispositions, stimulus conditions, and interaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the results of research related to students’ self-efficacy in relation to their future work with a gifted student. In the theoretical part, important concepts were analyzed and different approaches to the problem of giftedness were presented. In the methodological part, reader was introduced to the research strategy. The method of the diagnostic survey was described, as well as the survey technique used. The empirical part is a quantitative and qualitative data analysis that allowed to find answers to the research questions. It turns out that students assessed their own self-efficacy on average level. They are unfamiliar with a constructivist approach to education that could facilitate and make work with a gifted student easier and more attractive. Some hope is given by the fact that the respondents indicated broadly understood lifelong learning as a way to solve problems in this area.

Revealing children’s abilities and talents in the context of digitalization is one of the urgent problems of modern psychology. The first signs of giftedness may appear early, already at the stage of preschool childhood, when its development largely depends on the conditions of the microenvironment, especially in the family. Digitalization processes set a new direction for the development of the system of family education and training of preschoolers, causing the emergence of both new opportunities and new risks in discovering children’s talents. This is a complex area of scientific research, which still remains little explored. The study was aimed at identifying the psychological characteristics of using digital devices (tablets/computers) as components of a family educational microenvironment for the development of older preschoolers with signs of general giftedness. In accordance with the conceptual provisions put forward by A.M. Matyushkin, giftedness was considered as a prerequisite for the development of a creative personality. The study involved 200 children of senior preschool age (Mage = 6.7, SD = 0.307, including 98 boys) and their parents (mostly mothers - 166). The method for diagnosing intellectual abilities (MEDIA) was used. Intellectual and creative activity as well as creative thinking of the children was studied during a diagnostic game lesson using structured observation and expert assessments. The parents of the preschoolers were surveyed using a specially designed questionnaire containing questions about the use of a tablet/computer (frequency, time, programs/games) at home for the development their children as well as questions about their interests and hobbies. The use of diagnostic techniques made it possible to single out a group (N = 24) of children with signs of giftedness among the preschoolers as well as a group of their peers for subsequent comparative analysis (their intellectual and creative abilities were less pronounced). It was found that almost all the children with signs of giftedness (95.8%), like their peers, had experience of using a tablet/computer at home for developmental purposes. The frequency of using digital devices by the preschoolers with signs of giftedness was less than that of their peers. With the observed variety of developing computer programs/games used, their total number was less in the group of the gifted preschoolers compared to the group of their peers. Partial correspondence of digital content to the interests and hobbies of the children was revealed. Most often, when choosing computer programs/games for them, their parents pursued the goal of preparing them for school. It was recognized as necessary to provide psychological assistance to the parents of the preschoolers in solving the issues of using digital devices to develop children’s abilities and talents. The results of the study can be used to develop practical recommendations based on an integrated approach to the disclosure of giftedness at the stage of preschool childhood, taking into account the digitalization of the family microenvironment.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the expression of thirty-two characteristics of a musically talented person in various life periods (from three to thirty-five years of age), in a case study of an internationally renowned musician and organist, Aleksey Vylegzhanin. The results show that the expression of the characteristics of his musical talent increased with age. With enough rehearsal and support from the environmental factor, his characteristics increased to a level above average, compared to his peers. These were also predispositions for the musical development of the organ virtuoso.

Creativity is the ability to re-experience mental representations and is the basis of intuitive thinking when constructing images prior to the elaboration of an action plan. Creativity is thought to be related to orbitofrontal functions that govern decision making, such as inhibitory control, risk–benefit evaluation and acceptance of limits and rules, given that these processes prepare one against possible scenarios. Objective: In this study, the relationship between creativity and decision making is investigated to understand the needs of gifted students. Method: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out with gifted students (IQ mean = 133) aged 8–10 years old (n = 25). Instruments: Creative Imagination Test (PIC) and subtests of the Neuropsychological Battery of Executive Functions and Frontal Lobes (BANFE-2) were employed. Analysis: A Spearman correlation analysis was conducted between the normalized BANFE-2 scores and the percentiles of PIC. Results: Moderate correlations were found between creative/narrative flexibility and decision making/risk percentage (r = 0.432, p ≤ 0.05) and decision making/response-effectiveness (r = 0.426, p ≤ 0.05), as well as between graphic creativity/shadow and color with decision making/response-effectiveness (r = 0.452, p ≤ 0.05) and inhibition (r = 0.673, p ≤ 0.01); moderate negative correlations were found between inhibition and graphic creativity/title (r = −0.570, p ≤ 0.05) and general graphic creativity (r = −0.489, p ≤ 0.05). Conclusions: Creativity in students with intellectual giftedness is favored by a relationship with orbitofrontal functions. Analysis of risk situations and effective decision making increase narrative creation and diminished inhibition allows for greater creative graphic production.

This article examines gifted students’ (ages 13–16) groupwork on a rich task in mathematics. This study was conducted in Norway, which has an inclusive education system that does not allow fixed-ability grouping. The purpose of this study was to better understand how to cultivate mathematical learning opportunities for gifted learners in inclusive education systems. The analysis was conducted from a multimodal perspective, in which students’ coordination of speech, gestures, and artifact use was viewed as part of their learning process. The findings contribute to discussions on gifted students as a heterogeneous group. Moreover, our analysis illustrates how giftedness can be invisible, leading to unrealized potential and low achievement. We suggest that more attention be paid to teaching by adapting to gifted students’ individual needs, particularly if the intention is to provide high-quality learning opportunities for gifted students in inclusive settings.

There has been growing interest in the issue of giftedness and in educational paths which can counteract the development of misrepresentations and negative attitudes on the theme. These forms of common sense contribute to interpreting social reality using shortcuts in thinking that are sometimes inadequate to explain the complexity of human personality and that, therefore, may generate some stereotypes and prejudices. The analysis and orientation of distorted representations could prompt the activation of inclusive behaviour towards gifted peers. This contribution therefore focuses on the representations concerning giftedness in the peer group. The project, carried out with pupils of primary school class, aims to explore the representations and attitudes of children exposed to a path of awareness on giftedness in order to support a correct and inclusive representation of the phenomenon.

Background. The article is devoted to the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Psychological Institute in Moscow. The main topics of discussions on the problems of giftedness at the beginning of the 20th century are considered in the context of modern psychology. Objective. The article has its purpose to show the persisting relevance of the conceptual ideas about giftedness formed in the initial period of its scientific study and their development in theoretical and experimental research in the Psychological Institute over the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Results. Analysis of the debates on the problems of giftedness at the first Russian psychological congresses and publications by G.I. Chelpanov, P.P. Blonsky, L.S. Vygotsky, V.M. Ekzemplyarsky demonstrates that their statements about the complexity and originality of the manifestations and development of giftedness continue to be the attention focus of psychologists and educators. The development of these ideas can be traced in the differential psychology of B.M. Teplov, in the giftedness concepts of N.S. Leites and A.M. Matyushkin. The research results of the laboratory of psychology of giftedness at PI RAO over the last five years keep expanding the ideas about giftedness proposed by its first researchers: on the integrity and complexity of the mental giftedness phenomenon, on identification and development of gifted children, on developmental education technologies for children with different types of giftedness and methods of their psychological and pedagogical support, on the telic theoretical and practical training of teachers for gifted children. Conclusion. The approach to the problem of giftedness, proposed in the works of G.I. Chelpanov and the first researchers of the Psychological Institute, preserved and received its further development, despite persecution of the scientists, obstacles, and prohibitions on their works. The perspectiveness of most of these ideas has been proven in more recent research on ability, giftedness, thinking, and creativity, including work carried out in the 21st century.

Introduction. The article examines the problem of the formation of readiness and ability for self-development among gifted rural schoolchildren as resource qualities of a personality that characterize the potential of its self-realization. The relevance of the problem is determined by the systematic nature of the support of gifted schoolchildren, which assumes consideration of the individual qualities of gifted subjects, the specifics of which, in this case, is determined by living in rural areas. One of the key tasks of systematic psychological and pedagogical support of gifted children and students in rural schools is to help them to know and understand themselves, to reveal their interests, abilities, to teach them to use the properties of their personality as internal resources for effective interaction in society, successful learning, self-realization and high achievements. Materials and Methods. The sample of subjects included 420 schoolchildren from eight rural schools of the Altai Territory. Among them, 49 people identified as gifted. The basic model for identifying the giftedness of schoolchildren was the three-factor model of J. Renzulli. To study the readiness for self-development, the ability to self-development and self-education, test methods and questionnaires were used. Results. It is empirically revealed that the majority of gifted rural schoolchildren has low readiness for self-development and has differences by gender: it is higher in boys than in girls. Among the schoolchildren with undiagnosed giftedness there are more of those who are ready for self-improvement, but not ready for self-knowledge. Intellectual characteristics are more pronounced in gifted boys than in gifted girls; creative characteristics are more pronounced in gifted girls than in gifted boys. Discussion and Conclusion. The results of the study open up new opportunities for the development of practical methods of psychological and pedagogical activity for the correction and prevention of the identified difficulties in the conditions of rural educational and cultural space. The materials of the article will be useful to the subjects of the educational space, engaged in system interaction in the effective development of the giftedness of children and youth.

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This literature review provides an overview of the various modern approaches in talent programs for the context of schools and sports reported in scientific journals (2009–2019) and presents their similarities and differences and options for cross-pollination between contexts. This is a first attempt to overarch contexts regarding talent identification and development. Searches in 12 databases yielded 31 studies. Similarities and differences between contexts were distilled through a qualitative content analysis and described for the identification of talent and talent development. Based on these results, it is suggested that school contexts might benefit from including a talent transfer pathway, differentiating for maturity-level and sex, emphasizing on deliberate practice, monitoring load-ability, and applying acceleration, which are proposed approaches in the sport context. Furthermore, several approaches from the school context could enhance talent programs in sport, including universal screening, paying attention to underserved populations, focusing on creativity and enrichment as well as enhancing the accountability and education level of trainers/coaches. Future studies need to evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of approaches in practice. Moreover, the search could be expanded to other countries to establish a more global view while examining national patterns regarding policy and funding contexts in which programs are located. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Тhe paper presents the results of empirical verification of the theoretical model of subjective predictors for the psychological well-being of gifted adolescents, including subjectivity, hardiness, self-efficacy, the general emotional background, represented by the level of personal anxiety, and characteristics of the self-concept of adolescents.It was assumed that the factors moderating the relationship of these variables are the attitude of adolescents to their own giftedness, as well as the specificity of the activity in which adolescents show signs of giftedness, and the level of their achievements in it.The sample consisted of 422 adolescents aged 15–17 years enrolled in specialized educational programs for adolescents who show academic, mathematical, leadership and sports talent.The collection of empirical data was carried out using questionnaires and testing (Scale of psychological well-being; Frankfurt scales of self-assessment; Questionnaire of subjectivity; Test of hardiness; The self-efficacy scale; Test for determining self-efficacy; Integrative test of anxiety).Structural equation modeling was done using the IBM SPSS Statistics ver.23 software package and the AMOS module made it possible to recognize subjectiveness (p

The representation gap in gifted and talented education poses a persistent challenge in educational systems worldwide. This theoretical manuscript presents the Bull’s Eye Model for Affective Development—Expansion (BEM-e) an innovative framework designed to address this gap. By incorporating elements from positive psychology, the BEM-e aims to identify and nurture traditionally underrepresented students who possess camouflaged gifted and talented abilities. Drawing upon the Engagement, Perseverance, Optimism, Connectedness, and Happiness model (EPOCH), along with measures of hope and metacognition, BEM-e provides a comprehensive approach to talent identification and service. The model emphasizes the holistic development of individuals by considering affective factors, engagement, perseverance, optimism, connectedness, happiness, hope, and metacognition. Additionally, dynamic assessment is integrated during the implementation of BEM-e modules, allowing for personalized and adaptive identification processes.

The study investigates the preparation of elementary school teachers for working with gifted students, and the process of its formation in the system of continuous pedagogical education. The methodological, theoretical and methodological principles of the study are presented. The study theoretically substantiated the main principles of the elementary school teachers’ preparation to work with gifted students. Core components are demonstrated to be motivational, cognitive, activity, reflexive and personal. The author’s scientific-methodical system of forming readiness elementary school teachers to work with gifted students in the conditions of continuous pedagogical education are presented The stages of its realization are determined and the effectiveness of implementation of the said system is experimentally proved. The criteria, indicators and levels of preparedness of elementary school teachers to work with gifted students are clarified.

The aim of this paper is to explore the unique giftedness of the Swiss physician and mystic Adrienne von Speyr (1902–1967) during her childhood and youth. The following research issues are addressed: 1) the research method and biographical sources on von Speyr, 2) a holistic portrait of her, 3) her early years, 4) the three-ring conception of giftedness as a fitting theoretical framework, and 5) an exploration of Adrienne’s case using Renzulli’s three-ring concept. Case study based on a content analysis of biographical sources was the adopted research method. The context of the research is interest in Adrienne von Speyr as a woman endowed with unique qualities and a unique mission in the Church. This general interest inspired the research into her childhood and youth, when some of these qualities were already present. The argumentation process involved analyzing sources and citing content relevant to the theoretical framework. The research confirms von Speyr’s giftedness in her childhood and youth and delineates its characteristics. We can conclude that her early talents and gifts are in themselves worthy of interest and that they may inspire further research on her life and work in general.

Important questions regarding mathematical giftedness are how and when it is possible to identify. To be identified as gifted, the student must have natural potential but also an appropriate mix of motivation, support, and challenges. This study is based on longitudinal data following students from 3rd grade in primary school to the end of upper secondary school between 2005 and 2015. We focus on top achievers (

The dynamic interplay between teachers’ beliefs and practices significantly impact the quality of instruction and the trajectory of talent development in young students. This case study explores the beliefs and practices of two elementary teachers instructing gifted ELs in mathematics. The constant comparison method was used to analyze data collected from classroom observations, semi-structured interviews, and field notes. Three factors were found to affect the (in)consistency between teachers’ expressed beliefs and observed practices: compatibility among core and peripheral beliefs, knowledge about evidence-based practices, and classroom management skills. Students exhibit higher levels of participation, communication, and engagement in critical thinking skills when their teacher embraces constructive perspectives in teaching mathematics, demonstrates pedagogical expertise, and employs a proactive classroom management approach. Conversely, students encounter restricted opportunities to independently construct their own understanding of mathematics when their teacher holds maladaptive beliefs about teaching mathematics, has limited knowledge of evidence-based practices, and has an authoritarian classroom management style. These findings underscore the need for a new approach to professional development (PD) that encourages teachers to critically examine the connection between their beliefs and instructional practices and their impact on the student’s mathematical talent development.

Although it has been hypothesized that gifted students are at risk for adopting a fixed mind-set, research revealed inconsistent results. We aimed to clarify this by differentiating between two operationalizations of giftedness (high cognitive ability and formal identification as gifted) and how these relate to students' beliefs about intelligence and effort. Also, we examined the role of parental antecedents on students' beliefs. Participants were 3,329 seventh-grade students and their parents. Only being labeled as gifted was related to adopting a fixed mind-set. Regarding parental antecedents, parents' intelligence and effort beliefs were related to students' corresponding beliefs. Furthermore, parental feedback was associated with students' beliefs, which was most pronounced when student-reports of feedback were used. In particular, person-oriented feedback related positively to a fixed mind-set and negatively to students' appreciation of the role of effort in academic performance, while process-oriented feedback showed the opposite pattern. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to examine the AR gene CAG polymorphisms of gifted students, and to determine whether there is a relationship between this gene region and students' attitudes towards science. The research was conducted with randomly selected gifted students (N = 100) and normally developing students (N = 100) studying at the 5th grade level in Kocaeli, Turkey during the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 school years. In order to determine students' attitudes towards science, science and technology lesson attitude scale was applied. According to the results of the study, while there was no significant difference in terms of "enjoyment" and "social content of science" from the science and technology lesson attitude scale factors, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference in favor of gifted students from the "scale total scores" and "desire to learn" factors (p<0,05). In the genetic dimension of the study, no statistically significant difference was found between the two groups in AR gene CAG polymorphisms. In the whole sample, there was no significant relationship between the AR gene CAG polymorphisms and the "scale total score" values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article substantiates and verifies the hypothesis of the relationship between psychological well-being of gifted teenagers and the features of their creativity.It considers the specifics of psychological well-being in gifted adolescents with different levels of creativity, their attitude to the educational environment, the level of satisfaction with its significant characteristics and the degree of protection from psychological violence.The study was conducted on a sample of students of grades 8—10 of schools specializing in mathematics and natural science.The total number of subjects was 253 students aged 14—17 years (154 boys, 99 girls).The study used the following techniques: the Psychological Well-Being Scale by С.Ryff, the Ingenuity and Divergent Thinking scales from H.Zivert’s test of verbal creativity, and the questionnaire “Psychological Safety of Educational Environment” by I.A.Baeva.The differences in psychological well-being indicators for adolescents with different levels of verbal creativity were identified: in particular, adolescents with high creativity have a lower indicator of “positive relationships with others”.The structure of correlations between psychological well–being and creativity in groups of adolescents with high and low creativity differs.Highly creative gifted teenagers tend to evaluate their condition as less favourable as compared to their peers with low creativity and struggle with establishing close relationships.Adolescents with low creativity are more satisfied with such characteristics of educational environment as relationships with others and opportunities provided by the environment.Their assessment of protection from psychological violence is negatively correlated with originality of thinking.

Today in China there are two main philosophical positions on the education and upbringing of gifted and talented people: one position emphasizes the importance of natural abilities and talents, the other - emphasizes the idea that the talent of every child can be brought up and developed. Although gifted children education in China has been evolving for more than three decades, there is still no law governing working with them. Special programs for gifted children exist in only a few schools in economically developed areas. China does not have a clear national and regional policy to support education for the gifted. On the basis of psychological research and educational practice, a procedure and methodology for identifying and selecting gifted children has been developed, which is based on several key aspects: priority is given to high academic performance, general intellectual abilities, personal qualities, level of motivation, creativity. The curriculum for gifted students is usually formed on the approach of «accelerated learning», which involves mastering the content of learning in a shorter period of time, compared to the traditional program. Gifted children graduate four to five years earlier. Several educational institutions offer «enrichment» programs, which provide in-depth study of individual subjects in accordance with the abilities and needs of a child. China is actively conducting research in the field of giftedness and talent, which involves the implementation of two approaches: a psychological approach that supports the natural development of children; an educational approach that takes into account the special needs of gifted students and offers them appropriate educational programs and services. Most research is based on a psychological approach, so in educational practice there are not enough illustrations to formulate the results of programs for the development of gifted and talented people. It is very important for Chinese scientists to identify and solve practical problems that usually arise in China. The psychological and pedagogical theory of teaching and upbringing of gifted children is actively developing, which, taking into account Confucian traditions, emphasizes the role of personal efforts and social influence in achieving academic success. The implementation of talent development programs for overall academic achievement has shown high performance by Chinese students in several international competency assessments, such as PISA and TIMMS, and many graduates have excelled in academic, technical and professional fields, both in China and abroad

The article presents research data on the attitude of gifted children aged 9-10 years to different ages, their ideas about the future, setting short-and long-term goals. There is a great creative potential of giftedness, but how much it will be realized when reaching maturity depends not only on cognitive sphere, but also on the characteristics of the personality. The psychological literature contains contradictory information about the personal characteristics of gifted children; there is very little data on such aspect of personal development as orientation to the future, which determines the relevance and novelty of the study. The study involved 96 children with IQ≥115, enrolled in grades 3 and 4 of the gymnasium for gifted children, and 104 children enrolled in grades 3 and 4 of the secondary school under the traditional program (Moscow). We used the modified method of B. Zazzo “Golden age”, the projective method “Unfinished sentences” and the method of M.V. Matyukhina, which allows us to determine educational motivation in primary school age. It is shown that the majority of primary school children prefer youth as the age period of maximum opportunities. Gifted children are less likely than their peers with normative intellectual development to set short-range goals of good and excellent studies, self-improvement in activities that require physical effort, and more goals related to filling the lack of emotional support. The area of long-range goals related to youth is wider for younger students. Gifted children have a more pronounced orientation to high material security and freedom in its various manifestations, to a lesser extent – to the traditional construction of life (work, family, children).

The purpose of this article is to review the Fuzzy Conception of Giftedness (FCG) and discuss its implications for the identification and education of gifted students. According to the Fuzzy Conception of Giftedness, the manifestation of giftedness results from the interplay between personal dispositions and stimulus conditions; thus, giftedness exists in the interaction between a person and the environment (e.g., stimulus conditions). While a person is disposed to carry out actions, the environment is potent to allow these actions. In line with this proposition, the identification and education of gifted students should be built on interactions. Interactive models are useful to identify and educate students who have overachievement potential. The FCG proposes three components to define giftedness that could be used in identifying and educating gifted students: intellective and non-intellective dispositions, stimulus conditions, and interaction.

There is a consensus about the benefits of an artistic activity on health and well-being. In France, a gifted child is considered a special needs student for whom enrichment is advocated. Therefore, this study examines the extent to which a whole-class art enrichment program delivered to both gifted and non-gifted children benefits both student populations with respect to their school well-being. The art program was implemented in classrooms over the course of an entire school year (during the COVID-19 pandemic). The self-report French version of the Feelings About School scale (i.e., FAS) was completed in three steps (i.e., before, mid-program, and after) by a sample of gifted and non-gifted children benefiting from the program. The FAS scores of those students were also compared at the end of the school year with those of students who did not participate in the art program. Despite the pandemic context that requires caution in drawing definite conclusions, this study supports that (i) the fine arts practice is a lever of development, (ii) the sanitary situation was detrimental for elementary school students, and (iii) better adaptive capacities were exhibited by gifted children in this context.

This article is devoted to the issue of special educational needs in the context of working with a gifted learner, with particular linguistic abilities. Satisfying the needs of such children and providing them with opportunities for integral development of linguistic competence demands a different educational approach - similar to the situation when working with students with some limitations in their learning processes. The approach taken reflects the concepts and definitions of abilities presented in this article. The analysis of those elements suggests ways of identifying gifted learners and, as the next step, also offers certain educational solutions which can easily be applied in teaching. One such way can be preparing children and teenagers for international language certificates in German - Fit in Deutsch 1 and 2 as a form of extra-curricular activities. These certificates are at the A1/A2 level of language skills according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). As they are aimed at young people aged 10-16, it is possible to include primary school students in preparation for them, which in turn allows the learners to develop language skills and linguistic interests at the second stage of education. This article serves as a general overview and should not be taken as an empirical research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Talent and giftedness is one of the cultural concepts to identify a person who is eminent in one or numerous domains that society highly regards. So, finding the culturally valued domains in talent studies is a priority, and this has led to the development of measures used in gifted assessment and educational programs in each society. This study aimed to investigate the culturally valued domains in Iran. In this regard, fourteen interviews with educational and psychological experts were carried out. Purposive and snowballing samplings were used, and the participants took part in an unstructured interview. An unstructured interview is an interview with a comprehensive and open question in which the interviewee can lead the conversation. Usually, in an unstructured interview, the interviewer listens and reflects more than speaks. In this study, the experts were asked to describe their idea regards the culturally valued domains in Iran. For analysing data, open, axial, and selective codings of grounded theory were used. Finally, eleven culturally valued domains for identifying talented and gifted students were introduced by the experts. These domains included: Logical and Mathematical, Science(Academic), Artistic, Leadership, Literacy, Technology, Spatial, Athletic, Social Relationship, Existential, Spiritual and religious and Entrepreneur. This research suggests that these domains should be considered for use in Iran in talent and giftedness studies. Identifying talented students in Iran, which is an Islamic country and culturally different from westerns countries, also considering developmental and educational programs for the identified students could play a significant role in talented studies literature. Furthermore, researching culturally valued domains in other Islamic countries is highly recommended. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It was investigated which of the social parameters are the oldest and most stable structures of our brain, and therefore the most stable regulators of human behavioral strategy. The social parameters that were included in the formation of the neural network of intelligence (in chronological order) were revealed and studied from the most elementary levels of eubacteria to the Australian aborigines at each stage of evolution and ranked in a hierarchy (in chronological order). An empiric research is realized in order to identify the relationships between the intellectual, motivational, characterological and psychophysiological properties of the individual to find ways to optimize the development of academic giftedness. Using the evolutionary tools, the authors identified social parameters that were included in the formation of the neural network of intelligence and presented their paradigm in chronological order. An empiric research has been realized with the aim of identifying the interrelations between intellectual, motivational, characterological, and psycho-physiological properties of an individual to find ways to optimize the development of academic talent. Social parameters significant for the process of formation were included in the package of methods for studying the correlation of behavioral tactics and intellectual indicators. Their results led to the conclusion that the correlation between social parameters and intellectual parameters, which was put forward as a hypothesis, exists.

The purpose of this paper is to present the interdisciplinary problem of giftedness and talent in the Slovene elementary school system and attempt to meaningfully interpret the terminology of both terms for the field of sport education. Despite the considerable attention paid to researching the changing understanding of giftedness in relation to talent, talent in sports environments and the applicable value of conceptualization are still not known. One reason for this is that sports talent has not been adequately defined in the Slovenian program and legislative platforms.

The spirit of new time bears the seal of extremely smart and technologically intelligent entities, which see the world from multiple, heterogeneous perspectives. One of these perspective is certainly the ethical horizon of human creativity. This paper takes an in-depth look at the modern concepts, definitions, and theories connected with analysis of moral characteristics of gifted and talented children. Focusing on these two broad areas of inquiry (morality and giftedness), the text aims to examine their overlap and interconnection. More specifically, the paper explores role of the ethical awareness of the gifted and talented children in the process of social values development. Also, the text may be used by educators and other professionals, who work with children and their families, as a summary overview of the main elements for recognition of the giftedness and talents among the children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: The article presents the results of a research project the aim of which was to describe the level of kindergarten teachers’ work with educational objectives in connection with the application of a differentiated curriculum for the development of gifted children.

Early attention of giftedness is argued to support continued development and learning for gifted children. The focus of this article is therefore on investigating preschool personnel’s perceptions on giftedness and gifted children. Data was produced using a nationwide online survey, including personnel from eleven Swedish preschools (N = 78). The questions spanned between suggestions for their own descriptions of giftedness, views on support for gifted children, to who in the work team they consider should be responsible for adaptations and support for gifted children. The main conclusions from the survey reveals a lack of education of giftedness among the respondents. Furthermore, a majority of the preschool personnel believe that gifted children have the right to be noted in preschool settings, but few have suggestions on how this should be conducted. The respondents had high confidence that their own preschools were sufficient to meet the needs of gifted children, but the obstacles described were lack of time, lack of suitable teaching materials and that the group sizes were too large. Further conclusions are that principals have an important role on drawing attention to giftedness in preschool settings and that there is a need for more research in this area.

This study examines difficulties amid the COVID-19 pandemic in raising children and meeting their educational needs among Korean immigrant parents of children with disabilities, giftedness, and/or limited English proficiency living in the U.S. The Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression analysis examined the associations between the 48 participants' perceived difficulties meeting their children's educational needs, parental stress, and parents' resilience and social support. Additionally, basic interpretive qualitative analysis was conducted for the 18 survey participants who provided data via an open-ended survey response. Results determined that participant difficulties in assisting with their children's educational needs were associated with increased parental stress. Participants also described lack of resources and support, language and communication barriers, internal family conflicts, and developmental concerns about the child. Implications for practice and future research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This descriptive survey study aimed to examine gifted students' success and strategic flexibility in non-routine problem solving. The study group consisted of 50 gifted students. A test consisting of seven problems was used to collect data. Answers were assessed in terms of correctness and strategy use. Flexibility was evaluated based on the use of appropriate strategies, intra-task flexibility, and inter-task flexibility. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient and one-way ANOVA were used for analysis of the data. Students displayed an above-average performance in solving problems and strategy use. Students' intra-task flexibility was low, whereas their inter-task flexibility was high. There was a high correlation between flexibility and success. While success differed according to grade level, there was no significant difference between grades in terms of flexibility. Results are discussed in terms of their implications related to education, and recommendations aimed at mathematics education environments and curricula are made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For effective forming of creative competence in future social work experts, we suggested using the creative approach to organization of educational process in a higher educational establishment, using the potential of different disciplines in the process of professional training. We clarified the main aspects of shaping of creative competence in future social workers in classroom and outside classroom, as well as main forms of the methodology of such training. The use of the mentioned approaches will give an opportunity to shape creative competence in future social workers for work with gifted children.

The mindset comprises the individual’s beliefs about his or her most fundamental characteristics and abilities. Our research was focused on the mindset regarding mental abilities and considered it as a factor of academic achievement, academic self-concept, academic self-regulation and giftedness. The study included 232 primary school pupils from 8th and 9th grade. The results showed that pupils with a higher degree of mindset to growth have better academic achievements and higher academic self-concept compared to pupils who are mainly fixed mindset oriented. The research has shown that the growth mindset and academic self-regulation are positively related. We also found that mindset does not have an incremental predictive value for academic achievement alongside academic self-concept and academic self-regulation. It turned out that gifted pupils mindset is more mentally oriented towards growth compared to their normative peers, and that mindset does not have a moderator effect in predicting academic achievement in relation to identified pupils' giftedness.

The subject of supporting talented young people through educational strategies and educational policies is more and more concerning for the researchers in the area of psycho-pedagogy of excellence. The problems solved by the policies and strategies of supporting talented students have a double nature: some have of a moral and personal nature, invoking the right to equitable education for each and the maximum development of talent for oneself, others have social and economic nature. In order for a person to be creative, to offer innovative solutions to various technical, environmental, social, cultural, etc. a partnership is needed: the talented person and his supporters - the family, the school, the economic environment, the country where he lives. The paper discusses the two major categories of issues generated by the lack of support of young talent, insisting on the phenomena of intelligence migration.

Introduction. The paper represents the analysis of the ability to teach within the context of the study of the phenomenon of giftedness and psychological structure of a teacher’s professional activities. The objective of the paper is to analyze key areas of the development of the concept of teacher giftedness. This approach allows to describe the basic qualities of the efficient pedagogical activity at the stage of training teachers at higher school. Materials and Methods. Description of key areas of the concept of pedagogical giftedness is based on the ability theory, proposed by V. D. Shadrikov. At the same time, modeling processes of goal-oriented development of pedagogical giftedness is based on a set of modern research psychological methods of structuralfunctional analysis allowing for prediction of properties of the pedagogical system of a teacher, which has such characteristics as varying degrees of success. Organizational methods (first of all, comparative) open up possibilities for assessing the effectiveness of giftedness-in-training development at different stages of teacher training – pre-university, undergraduate and post-graduate. The choice of empirical methods is substantiated by the results of theoretically modeling the structure and ways of development of pedagogical giftedness at the stage of professional self-determination at school, under conditions of educational and independent professional activity. Out of interpretative methods, the most significant (in the context of planned results) are genetic, structural and functional methods . Results. Based on the analysis of the theory of abilities, taking into account the progress in the activitybased approach, a new understanding of the object of psychological sciences as the inner personal world, the methodological validity of the concept of goal-oriented development of pedagogical gift under conditions of teacher training is substantiated. The results obtained make it possible to get a fresh look at the problem of the teacher’s professionally valuable qualities and translate its solution from analytical to systemic research methodology. In the concept proposed by the authors first time ever, the phenomenon of giftedness is considered within the context of its formation in teacher college student, while the subject of the bulk of contemporary research is the object of pedagogical influence. Discussion and Conclusion. The practical application of the study results can significantly modernize the process of teacher training in pedagogical colleges and universities. They will be useful for the teaching staff of pedagogical universities, secondary vocational education institutions, and departments of continuing education.