{"title":"Models for youth sports talent identification and development: An integrative review of research","authors":"Alfa Simwanza, A. Paul","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2023.2245857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2023.2245857","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43492612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the gender gap in mathematics and science from the score distribution of PISA~ lessons learned from gifted education teachers’ perspective","authors":"Hsiao-Ping Yu, Enyi Jen","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2023.2244995","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2023.2244995","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59866184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tests of measurement invariance of three Wechsler intelligence tests in economically developing nations in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa","authors":"Russell T Warne","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2023.2245007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2023.2245007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42523296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The “d” in the Peterson Proactive Developmental Attention (PPDA) model: A lens for understanding and supporting underachievers","authors":"J. Peterson, Enyi Jen","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2023.2244544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2023.2244544","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Peterson Proactive Developmental Attention model (PPDA) offers a framework for understanding and addressing social and emotional concerns of high-ability students. This manuscript focuses on the developmental component, with emphasis on academic underachievement, with explanations and guidance for applying the developmental aspect of the PPDA model in school programs for bright students, in counseling, and at home. This article explores how an emphasis on the development of underachievers, in contrast with underachievement, can engage them and the adults who are invested in them in mutual learning about life in the present – for the sake of both present and future wellbeing.","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"38 1","pages":"62 - 76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42793003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using draw, write, and tell to reveal gifted students’ perceptions and interests of STEAM disciplines","authors":"Oktay Kızkapan, Oğuzhan Nacaroğlu, Tahsin Bozdağ","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2023.2245014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2023.2245014","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this study, the aim is to examine the perceptions of gifted students toward STEAM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Art-Mathematics) disciplines. The phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research method designs, was used in the study. The study group of the research consists of 47 gifted students studying in the science and art center in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The data of the research were collected using the draw-write-tell technique. Descriptive analysis was used to analyze the data. The analysis revealed that students generally perceive science as a laboratory activity. Also, they perceive math as operations, numbers, equations, chaos, and geometry. Similarly, students mostly perceive technology as technological items, engineering as construction, and art as painting. Most of the participants addressed science, engineering, and art as their STEAM disciplines of interest. Based on our results, we highlight that explanations regarding the nature of STEAM disciplines should be emphasized more explicitly in the lessons.","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"38 1","pages":"45 - 61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42290351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Career decision-making of talented engineering graduates in Hong Kong","authors":"Chloe Chan, Mantak Yuen","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2023.2244565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2023.2244565","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This small-scale exploratory qualitative study examined the career decision-making process of six talented engineering university graduates in Hong Kong. The aim was to investigate major influential factors and barriers that impact their career aspirations and their persistence in remaining in that career. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with each graduate to provide data that could be analyzed. The main focus was on the significance of social and cognitive variables, self-efficacy, interests and outcome expectations for the graduates’ motivation and career decision-making process. The findings suggest that primary motivating factors for participants’ career aspirations and career persistence strongly aligned with constructs from Social Cognitive Career Theory and Job Embeddedness Theory. Career interests were motivated by self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and interests, while “job embeddedness” promoted career persistence through fit and link to organizations and industry. Based on participants’ responses, the study produced an insider’s perspective on the career decision-making process of talented young engineers in Hong Kong.","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"38 1","pages":"77 - 90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46489228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Denise De Souza Fleith, Renata Muniz Prado, D. VILARINHO-PEREIRA
{"title":"Supporting and guiding families of gifted children: The role of a psychoeducational program","authors":"Denise De Souza Fleith, Renata Muniz Prado, D. VILARINHO-PEREIRA","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2023.2238798","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2023.2238798","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Families play a critical role in fostering talent development, and need guidance and support with parenting practices. The purposes of this study were to describe a psychoeducational program for parents of gifted children and to investigate the participants’ perceptions of the program. Nine Brazilian families participated. The data was collected through three questionnaires to which participants were asked to respond at different moments of the program. The program was implemented over 12 fortnightly group meetings of 2 h 30 min each. Parents considered their participation in the program as (a) an opportunity for exchanging experiences; (b) gaining knowledge, including self-knowledge; (c) and developing a feeling of belonging and identity. The study revealed the importance of providing support and guidance groups for parents of gifted children. The findings also provide suggestions about program design and implementation, as well as information that might benefit professionals to help parents overcome challenges and develop successful strategies in raising their gifted child.","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"38 1","pages":"12 - 20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41883949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laila Y. Sanguras, Todd Kettler, Shavonne Gibson, Angie Torres, Hamza Haqqi
{"title":"Improving equity in gifted education: Analyzing the fairness of the scales for the identification of gifted students (SIGS-2)","authors":"Laila Y. Sanguras, Todd Kettler, Shavonne Gibson, Angie Torres, Hamza Haqqi","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2023.2237555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2023.2237555","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Underrepresentation of some student groups in gifted and talented education continues to be a problem and priority of research and development in gifted education. Assessment for identification and placement in gifted education should utilize multiple sources of data from measurement tools that are reliable, valid, and fair. While reliability and validity data are commonly reported for measurement tools, the psychometrics of fairness are somewhat less likely to be included to describe the adequacy of measurement tools used in gifted education. This study examined the psychometrics of fairness for the Scales for Identifying Gifted Students (2nd ed.; SIGS-2). The evidence of fairness included details of a representative norming sample, examination of potential bias, reliability data reported by group, and item discrimination data reported by group. The data suggest that the SIGS-2 satisfies standards for fair assessment and could be used as a measurement tool to better identify typically underrepresented students.","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"38 1","pages":"31 - 44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46797854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
María P. Gómez-Arízaga, M. Navarro, Karin Roa-Tampe, M. L. Conejeros-Solar, Marieta Valdivia-Lefort, Annjeanette Martin, Carla Bravo Rojas
{"title":"Career choice in gifted students with interests in STEM","authors":"María P. Gómez-Arízaga, M. Navarro, Karin Roa-Tampe, M. L. Conejeros-Solar, Marieta Valdivia-Lefort, Annjeanette Martin, Carla Bravo Rojas","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2023.2237556","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2023.2237556","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics have an impact on countries’ social and economic transformation, innovation, and sustainable development; women's participation, however, in science and mathematics careers, has remained scarce. This remains true for gifted women, that is, women who display high cognitive potential, which leads to less inclusive societies that squander an important part of their talent. Through a qualitative study, gender differences in the career choice process of gifted students with STEM interests were examined. Thirty students in their last year of high school (15 women and 15 men) with the above-mentioned characteristics participated by responding to an in-depth interview. Findings show that, for both genders, academic decisions are mainly determined by individual factors linked to giftedness characteristics, academic/cognitive skills and interests, and contextual factors linked to family, school, and experiences of others who study or work in the STEM areas of interest. The implications of these findings are discussed, suggesting the need to create more inclusive school environments and vocational guidance to offer these students, highlighting the urgency to promote greater female participation in STEM.","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"38 1","pages":"21 - 30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47125309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mantak Yuen, Ryder T. H. Chan, Jiahong Zhang, E. Fung, Serene Chan
{"title":"Assessing meaning in life for gifted learners: Validation of a Chinese version of meaning in life in children questionnaire","authors":"Mantak Yuen, Ryder T. H. Chan, Jiahong Zhang, E. Fung, Serene Chan","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2022.2150589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2022.2150589","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Meaning in Life Children Questionnaire (MIL-CQ) was developed with reference to Frankl’s meaning triangle that has dimensions of Attitude, Creativity, and Experience. The current study translated MIL-CQ into Chinese (MIL-CQ-C), and evaluated its psychometric properties in a sample of 264 upper primary and secondary school gifted students in Hong Kong. Dimensionality of MIL-CQ-C was investigated via exploratory factor analysis using the robust weighted least square estimator. Measurement invariance across gender was investigated. Convergent validity was evaluated by testing MIL-CQ-C as the mediator of social connectedness in predicting presence of meaning in life and search for meaning in life. After removal of three items, exploratory factor analysis supported the original 3-factor structure with substantial factor loadings (λ = 0.53–0.91) and good reliability (Ω = 0.85–0.92). The MIL-CQ-C showed scalar measurement invariance across gender. The MIL-CQ-C was positively correlated with social connectedness, presence of meaning in life, and search for meaning in life. The MIL-CQ-C mediated the relationship between social connectedness and presence of meaning in life and search for meaning in life. The findings lend support to a valid 3-factor structure for MIL-CQ-C when completed by gifted learners in Hong Kong. (192 words)","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"38 1","pages":"1 - 11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46276319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}