Khlood K. Alshareef, Marcia B. Imbeau, Waheeb S. Albiladi
{"title":"Exploring the use of technology to differentiate instruction among teachers of gifted and talented students in Saudi Arabia","authors":"Khlood K. Alshareef, Marcia B. Imbeau, Waheeb S. Albiladi","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2022.2041507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2022.2041507","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT For gifted and talented students, differentiated instruction is a significant teaching approach to ensure that each student’s needs and abilities are met. Research shows that technology can be used to facilitate the differentiation practices. This study aimed to explore the perceptions of Saudi teachers about using technology to differentiate instruction with gifted and talented students. The participants included Saudi teachers who are using technology as a tool to differentiate the instruction for gifted students. The findings indicated that technology is used to differentiate classroom instruction in different ways and for different purposes. Several academic and instructional benefits of using technology to differentiate instruction were reported, and the challenges that teachers encounter when applying differentiation through technology were identified.","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"37 1","pages":"64 - 82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43831191","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":"Perfectionism, mattering, stress, and self-regulation of home learning of UK gifted and talented students during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"A. Hill, D. Madigan","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2022.2033649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2022.2033649","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of schools in the UK and students had to study at home with limited access to the support they would have normally received. We designed this study to assess the experience of gifted and talented (GAT) students during this period and to identify factors related to their stress and self-regulation of learning. The factors we focused on were perfectionism and feelings of mattering. Three-hundred and eleven GAT students completed an online questionnaire when schools were closed and they were studying at home. Analyses revealed that striving for perfection was related to better effort regulation and better time and environment management. However, negative reactions to imperfection and feeling like they did not matter (anti-mattering) were related to higher academic stress, as well as worse effort regulation and worse time and environment management. The findings suggest aspects of both perfectionism and mattering may be important for GAT students’ ability to study effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"37 1","pages":"56 - 63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45596576","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}
Carina Alexandra Rondini, Alexsander Lima da Silva
{"title":"Bullying and giftedness in school environment","authors":"Carina Alexandra Rondini, Alexsander Lima da Silva","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2021.1978351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2021.1978351","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Bullying is characterized by constant violent actions against the same individual. Bullied people suffer physical and psychological damage that directly affect their academic achievement, as well as their relationship with friends, family, and society, resulting in a feeling of social exclusion. Based on the hypothesis that myths and prejudices about giftedness contribute for gifted students to be involved with bullying, we propose an exploratory study of bullying experienced by gifted students in school environments. Interviews were carried out with a non-probabilistic sample composed of ten gifted students of Middle School. Our investigation states that some characteristics of giftedness can help them to deal better with bullying consequences and have an interventionist attitude in a situation of bullying. Moreover, the areas of giftedness can influence how these students use aggression when assuming the role of bullies. At last, it is identified that the myths of giftedness did not lead to their involvement with bullying.","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"37 1","pages":"14 - 24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46563275","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":"How group composition affects gifted students: Theory and evidence from school effectiveness studies","authors":"G. Wagner","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2021.1951145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2021.1951145","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this paper, I analyze the theoretical and empirical foundations for how class composition affects gifted students’ academic outcomes. First, I define the term composition effect and distinguish it from other context effects. Based on this definition, I present the mechanisms behind composition effects while drawing distinctions between resource-related, peer-related and teacher-related composition effects. Subsequently, I discuss theories and empirical results of international school effectiveness studies in terms of their relevance to increasing equity in gifted education. Ability groups, especially gifted classes, have an advantage for the promotion of gifted students. However, due to selection mechanisms, low-income students drop out of these support programs very early in their school careers. Behind the supposed negative influence of ethnic composition on school performance, a socioeconomic effect can be assumed. This is thus the most important composition effect in regard to inequality in talent development. However, there are ongoing efforts to ensure greater equity specifically in gifted education.","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"37 1","pages":"1 - 13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15332276.2021.1951145","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46435867","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":"Mapping eminence and expertise of talented STEM students – A study of talent development from India","authors":"Paromita Roy, Anyesha Mishra","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2021.1953949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2021.1953949","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Achieving eminence in STEM domains requires the development of intellectual and academic abilities, creativity, and the cultivation of psychological and social skills. The value of talent development, nurture, and training is key to achieve success in science. Using the mega-model of talent development as the theoretical basis and embedded mixed-method design, the present study examines attainment levels of 622 STEM professionals aged between 29 to 77 years who are awardees of Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search (JBNSTS), India's oldest science talent search organization. The efficacy of the program towards nurturing pathways of eminence and expertise amongst scholars is explored through mapping longitudinal archival data and analyzing scholar interviews across four generations and three talent development stages. Findings throw light on key factors and experiences highlighting the role played by JBNSTS in facilitating the scientific journeys of its scholars over six decades. Differences in career trajectories and life choices of JBNSTS scholars are explained in terms of contributing factors related to their overall experience including transformational moments.","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"36 1","pages":"82 - 92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47703638","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}
Susan J Paik, Lindsey T. Kunisaki, V. Tran, Iraise Garcia
{"title":"Developing talent into creative eminence: Understanding the productive giftedness of world class artists","authors":"Susan J Paik, Lindsey T. Kunisaki, V. Tran, Iraise Garcia","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2021.1961108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2021.1961108","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Using the Productive Giftedness Model, the study examined key psychosocial and environmental factors of what contributed to the talent development of 15 eminent artists from the 1800s and 1900s: Mary Cassatt, Salvador Dalí, Edward Hopper, Frida Kahlo, Wassily Kandinsky, Jacob Lawrence, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Claude Monet, Edvard Munch, Georgia O’Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Diego Rivera, and Vincent Van Gogh. Over 140 autobiographical and biographical resources were used to systematically study their success. Key findings show commonalities in their early abilities, skills, motivation, and accomplishments across five stages of talent development: potential, exposure, cultivation, mastery, and eminence. Artists’ “focused motivation” helped them to remain resilient in the field. Key stakeholders (e.g., parents, teachers, mentors, peers) were also essential at every stage, helping them to activate their potential by providing the necessary opportunities, support, and resources. Implications are provided to support the “productive giftedness” of talented artists.","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"36 1","pages":"15 - 31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43784429","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}
Mireille Krischler, Elena Mack, Jessica Gnas, M. Breit, Julia Matthes, F. Preckel
{"title":"A research-practice cooperation to support elementary school teachers’ diagnostic competencies based on a working theory of talent development in STEM","authors":"Mireille Krischler, Elena Mack, Jessica Gnas, M. Breit, Julia Matthes, F. Preckel","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2021.1961329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2021.1961329","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We present a teacher professionalization project for promoting elementary school teachers’ diagnostic competencies in recognizing their students’ potential in STEM subjects. Teacher professionalization is fostered through the teachers’ personal involvement in the development of subject-specific diagnostic materials as well as through continuing training on the fundamental knowledge needed to detect and support gifted students. On the basis of the Talent Development in Achievement Domains (TAD) framework, we reached a common working theory of talent and its development in mathematics and science for elementary school-aged students based on the available scientific evidence and approved by teachers. We share a multidimensional, dynamic view of talent development that includes abilities, personality traits, and skills. We describe how our working theory and diagnostic materials can foster teachers’ diagnostic competencies as well as talent discovery and promotion in order to foster students’ development of creative productivity in STEM fields.","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"36 1","pages":"69 - 81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44676556","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":"Eminence-focused talent development in drum and bugle corps","authors":"Daniel Patrick Balestrini, H. Stoeger","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2021.1960223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2021.1960223","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We analyze eminence-focused talent development in drum and bugle corps. After defining and characterizing the world-class drum and bugle corps activity as a collective aesthetic sport in which eminent group performance levels are achieved, we introduce a framework for investigating eminence-focused collective talent development in drum corps from a systemic perspective based on the actiotope model of giftedness. We then illustrate the framework’s application to eminence-focused world-class drum and bugle corps with examples taken from the research literatures of marching arts, talent development, and musicology. We also note examples of masterly drum-corps performances and the framework’s utility for future scientific investigation.","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"36 1","pages":"32 - 43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49087943","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":"Creative productive eminence in talented women: Beliefs, motivation, and drive to create","authors":"S. Reis, Molly Holinger","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2021.1947161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2021.1947161","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Little research has been conducted on creative, eminent women across different domains, perceptions of their own creativity, and what drives their creative productivity. This research used qualitative, comparative case study methodology to investigate 15 creative women who were identified as highly innovative across diverse domains. Interviews were conducted and biographical information collected about each eminent woman’s work in various fields including: Literature, History, Psychology, Biology, Genomics, Pharmacology, Engineering, Business and Art. The study investigated paths taken and choices made over decades as these women reached high levels of creative achievement and made transformational contributions in their field or domain. Each woman believed she was creative, had strong creative self-efficacy, and explained her drive to create as deriving from love and passion for her chosen work. These creative women actively strived and managed obstacles to serve as agents of positive change, transform or improve their disciplines, and use their creativity to make a positive impact and difference in the world. Their experiences provide insights into the decisions and strategies that enabled them to achieve high levels of innovation, which may help inform and inspire other women in the pursuit of creative productive giftedness.","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"36 1","pages":"44 - 54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15332276.2021.1947161","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48209460","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":"Giftedness and eminence: Clarifying the relationship","authors":"F. Worrell, R. Subotnik, P. Olszewski-Kubilius","doi":"10.1080/15332276.2022.2049461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2022.2049461","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Who are outstandingly creative individuals that come to mind in music, sport, psychology, physics, or architecture? Almost everyone can think of someone whom they would label eminent. Some of these eminent individuals may be from the past, whereas others are still with us. In the extant literature, there are robust strands of research on giftedness and talent, expertise, and eminence. However, researchers in one strand often do not reference those in the other strands. The talent development megamodel (TDMM) was developed from an integration of literature on giftedness, expertise, and eminence, arguing that expertise is a point far beyond novice on the talent development trajectory, and eminence is the label reserved for the top contributors in a domain. In this paper, we review the literature situating eminence as the endpoint of a talent development trajectory, which can begin with gifted identification in schools and we highlight theories of giftedness which support this contention. Finally, we provide examples from several performance and production domains highlighting the TDMM’s proposed trajectory from potential to achievement to expertise, and sometimes, to eminence.","PeriodicalId":52310,"journal":{"name":"Gifted and Talented International","volume":"36 1","pages":"3 - 14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42547006","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}