Disertacijos tikslas – išanalizuoti intelektualiai gabių vaikų pasiekimų veiksnius. Tyrime dalyvavo 16–18 m. mokiniai (n = 54), kurių Bendrieji samprotavimo gebėjimai, tirti Intelekto struktūros testu (I-S-T 2000R) (Amthauer ir kt., 2007) atitinka 90 ir didesnį procentilį. Tyrime įvertinti mokinių intelektinės veiklos ypatumai, mokymosi pasiekimai bei mokymosi pasiekimų individualūs ir aplinkos veiksniai. Remiantis tyrimo rezultatais nustatyta, kad intelektualiai gabūs 16–18 m. mokiniai pasižymi savita intelekto struktūra, kai fluidinis intelektas (Gf) yra aukštesnis už kristalizuotą intelektą (Gc), o matematiniai gebėjimai yra didesni nei verbaliniai. Dalis intelektualiai gabių vyresnių klasių mokinių mokosi prasčiau nei geba ir tokie jų mokymosi rezultatai nėra susiję su jų intelekto ypatumais. Mokymosi motyvacija, mokymosi įgūdžiai ir lytis yra svarbiausi itin gabių ir gabių 16–18 m. mokinių mokymosi pasiekimų veiksniai ir nepriklauso nuo jų intelektinių gebėjimų lygio. / The aim of the study - to analyze the main factors of learning achievements of intellectually gifted children. The sample consists of 16 - 18 year old students (N = 54), whose Reasoning Total (RT) scores in Intelligence Structure Test 2000R (I-S-T 2000 R, Amthauer R., Brocke B., Liepmann D, Beauducel, 2001) are 90 percentile or higher. This thesis analyses the peculiarities of intellectual activity of intellectually gifted 16- 18 years old students, their learning achievements and has the objective to determine individual and environmental factors of their learning achievements. The results show that Intellectually gifted 16 - 18 year old students have unique intelligence structure when fluid intelligence (Gf) is higher than crystallized intelligence (Gc) and numerical abilities are higher than verbal abilities. Part of older intellectually gifted students are underachievers and their learning achievements are not related to their intelligence. Learning motivation, study/organizational skills and gender are the most important factors of learning achievements of intellectually exceptionally gifted and gifted 16 - 18 year old students and they not depend on the level of their intellectual abilities.

據報載，建國中學學生自殺事件頻繁，十一年內多達七件案例，震撼國內教育當局，也讓社會大眾開始重視資優生的心理輔導與壓力調適問題。自殺事件的報導在近年來逐漸受到重視，又以被冠以「名校」光環的建國中學、台灣大學等校學生自殺事件受到矚目。 依據國外新聞學界對新聞價值的各種界定，資優生的自殺事件符合「顯著性（prominence）」以及「不尋常性（unusualness）」，自殺者的身分會成為媒體特別關注的焦點，國外研究也指出，影劇界或政治界的名人自殺容易造成模仿，新聞媒體的報導抉擇點也是出自於新聞價值的判斷與選擇。 根據國內學者研究，媒體對資優教育及資優生的認知仍有待加強，通常只要是就讀明星學校或學業表現較佳的學生，就會被媒體冠上「資優生」的標籤。然而這些學生確實「資優」嗎？ 本研究論文將藉由分析國內四大報對於「資優生」自殺事件的新聞，了解我國報紙媒體是否在「資優生」的正確認知上進行報導，探究媒體報導的正確比率；同時，也將分析報紙媒體如何報導「資優生」自殺事件，以及報紙媒體如何報導其自殺原因？而報導中有無汙名化、標籤化或刻板印象的敘述？本論文將使用內容分析法，針對國內四大報近十一年（2003-2014）內的新聞內容進行內容分析，分別從「新聞報導觀點」、「自殺原因」、「自殺者形象報導」以及「資優生形象報導」探究自殺事件的報導，深入研究自殺新聞文本並逐步回答研究問題，探討報紙新聞如何報導自殺事件及呈現方式，以及如何再現自殺事件。

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the differences on gifted student&rsquo / s attitudes toward science and their preferred classroom climate during science classes based on gender and grade level. Two questionnaires, the Test of Science Related Attitudes (TOSRA) and the Individualized Classroom Environment Questionnaire (ICEQ), were used as survey tools in this study. A group of 163 gifted and talented students among four academic levels which are eighth grade, English prep class, ninth and eleventh grade were assigned to take part in this study. The data obtained from administration of measuring instrument were analyzed by using Two-Analyses of Variance (ANOVA). Result indicated that grade level of students had a significant effect on attitudes towards science. The study found, first, lower-grade students show more positive attitudes toward science than the students at higher-grade level. Secondly, there are significant differences were found among students in their perceptions of the science classroom environment based on their gender and grade level. Female students expected more personalization than male students, higher grade students preferred to have more independence and more differentiated classroom environment than lower grade students while they are learning.

What kind of and how much mathematics should a high school maths teacher know? The experience with a math camp, an innovative form of bringing together high school pupils, university math students and math teacher students as well as university professors in the common aim to teach mathematics sheds new light on this question. Different interests define different positions. The different actors have little common aims since they rarely form a joint community of practice. Over the seven years of its existence the math camp has evolved from a classical lecture-centred activity for gifted pupils to a much more encompassing experience illustrating the importance of a two way communication between advanced mathematics and elementary mathematics in schools.

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Thesis (Ed. S.)--Miami University, Dept. of Educational Psychology, 2009. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-45).

The autism treatment status quo was reviewed and accompanied by a narrative contextualizing past and present progress with my younger brother Jim’s journey with the condition, sharing proposed next steps for bettering the current state of affairs in the space. The impetus for this piece was to share in the lessons of Jim’s life thus far and the revelations of those who have supported him, as well as to determine ways to create more impactful, lasting change in the limited window of early intervention therapy whilst empowering individuals on the spectrum to optimize for their skills and talents rather than just simply mitigating the downsides of autism spectrum disorder. Feedback as to how to improve the prevailing course of treatment: (education and therapy) was solicited by leading experts in the fields of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Electroencephalography (EEG), and autism more generally in the context of politics, insurability, and savant syndrome and splinter skills. The advice of the various vertical experts were synthesized and distilled into a new proposed course of treatment which were submitted to all respective experts for further feedback and review prior to publication. It was discovered that there is significant feedback to suggest that the prevailing wisdom that splinter skills and savant syndrome are found in a small minority of individuals with autism spectrum disorder may not be true and that further research is warranted that would implement the new proposed course of treatment and attempt to unlock the talents and gifts of these individuals consistent with the success we encountered raising Jim. While our methods were resource-intensive and conducted manually with many hours of intensive in-home therapy, there is significant feedback to suggest that a technology-driven approach to reforming autism treatment would achieve same or greater results with far fewer resources in the near and long term. By unlocking the greatest minds of our society (the majority of savants have historically been autistic) to take on the greatest challenges of our time, we can rapidly accelerate the progress of humanity and exponentially better the trajectory of society’s future at the global scale.

The aim of the submitted diploma thesis is to find and describe how parents look back on the early school attendance in their intellectualy gifted children, what parents led to this decision and what were the reactions of the neighbourhood. The theoretical part of the diploma thesis deals with topics related to the issues of talent, developmental acceleration and premature start of school attendance. The theoretical part is divided into three major parts-the first one is dedicated to talent, its definitions and developmental acceleration and also the relationship between talent, intelligence and heredity. Some models of talents are also mentioned here. The second part deals with the gifted child, its characteristics and asynchrony in its development. The last part focuses on the initiation of education in children with accelerated cognitive development, school maturity and readiness and the possibility of acceleration in education. The practical part is dedicated to qualitative research ivolving parents of six children who started school attendance early and at the same time were intellectually accelerated. Later talent in the intellecutal area was diagnosed in all children based on repeated examination in Pedagogical Psychological Counseling Office.

Summaries in Afrikaans and Engish / Hierdie studie handel oor 'n hulpverleningsprogram vir die begaafde seun wat onderpresteer in die sekondere skool. Navorsing toon dat aansienlik meer seuns as meisies met hierdie probleem worstel en gevolglik word hulle voile potensiaal nie verwesenlik nie. Dit het 'n doeltreffende hulpverleningsprogram in die brandpunt van die studie gestel. Literatuurstudie toon dat baie bestaande hulpverleningsprogramme gerig is op primereskoolleerders en dat Suid-Afiikaanse hulpverleningsprogramme beperk is. Die doelstelling van die studie fokus op hulpverlening deur 'n interdissiplinere spanbenadering aan die adolessente begaafde seun wat onderpresteer. Die twee vraelyste vergemaklik identifisering van die eiesoortige probleme en behoeftes van die kind en fokus op die funksioneringsbeeld van die kind-in-totaliteit. Hulpverleningsvoorstelle word in die Akkumulatiewe BINGO-Plantabel vervat. Hulpverlening geskied intensief op 'n een-tot-een-basis en moet ortodidakties en ortopedagogies verantwoordbaar wees. Volgehoue bemoeienis met die opvoedeling lei tot noukeurige evaluering van die leerder, asook van die hulpverleningsprogram / This study deals with a support programme for the gifted boy who underachieves in the secondary school Research shows that more boys than girls experience these problems and consequently their full potential is not realised. Hence the focus on an effective assistance and support programme. Literary studies show that many existing support programmes target the primary school pupils and that South Afiican support programmes are limited. The aim of the study focuses on assistance to the gifted adolescent boy who underachieves, through an interdisciplinary team approach. The two questionnaires facilitate identification of the unique problems and needs of the child and focus on his totality. The Accumulative BINGO Plan chart contains suggestions for assistance. Support is intensive on a one-to-one basis and must be according to orthodidactic and orthopedagogical principles. Continuous involvement with the educand leads to an accurate evaluation of the learner and the support programme. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Orthopedagogiek)

School inclusion has been a challenge for many teachers who work on regular school classrooms. A number of factors hinder the pedagogical practice of these teachers in their teaching with students who are the target audience of special education. Besides, it is observed that, when dealing with school inclusion of gifted and talented students (G/T), there is resistance from some teachers. This fact lies on the lack of knowledge about the theme of G/T, which may occur due to the wrong conceptions socially widespread, adding to that an incipient initial education in relation to G/T students. Accordingly, it is necessary to create support networks so that school inclusion of G/T students becomes effective. In this sense, the family could be a support network and set up a partnership with the school. Thus, both can articulate and organize a collaborative work on behalf of school inclusion of the G/T child. After reflecting about the situation exposed, this study proposes the following thesis: school inclusion of the G/T child can be effective when family and school act in conjunction in this process, eliminating/diminishing the barriers that hinder this partnership, since the family can influence the school inclusion of the G/T child. This study included 12 families with children identified as G/T more than a year ago, and regularly attended the Giftedness Incentive Program (GIP) during the year of 2014, seven special educators, six teachers from early grades and five counseling teachers that, in the year of 2015, worked with G/T students. Regarding the method, the study case within the qualitative approach was chosen. The instruments of data collection selected were: narrative interview, Questionnaire of Family System Characterization Version – Parents or Guardians (DESSEN, 2011), Checklist of Shared Routine and Engagement between Family-school, Version for Teachers, and Checklist of Shared Routine and Engagement between Family-school, Version for Parents (mother, father, or guardian), both validated by Dessen and Polonia (2011). The interviews were analyzed qualitatively and from the analysis of frequency, through categories already defined by the authors of the instrument. The final considerations point to a relation between family and school that is still incipient, due to the fact that some barriers/constraints were identified, having prevailed an accusative relationship, which may be hindering the construction of a partnership relation. There were specific cases in which there was conjunction between both institutions, and that result in greater influence/participation of the family in the school life of the G/T child. Therefore, the study raises the need to offer continuous education for both the family and the school, aiming at broadening the debate regarding the importance that both have in creating a support network so that, together, they can articulate actions on behalf of school inclusion of the child who is also a G/T student. / A inclusão escolar tem sido um desafio para muitos professores que atuam nas classes regulares de ensino. Diversos fatores dificultam a prática pedagógica desses em sua atuação com os alunos que constituem o público-alvo da educação especial. Além disso, observa-se que, quando se trata da inclusão escolar dos alunos com altas habilidades/superdotação (AH/SD), há resistência por parte de alguns professores. Esse fato reside no desconhecimento da temática das AH/SD, decorrente, possivelmente, das concepções equivocadas difundidas socialmente, somado a uma formação inicial incipiente no que se refere aos alunos com AH/SD. Sendo assim, é necessário formar redes de apoio para que se efetive a inclusão escolar do aluno com AH/SD. Nesse sentido, a família pode ser uma rede de apoio e tornar-se parceira da escola. Assim, ambas podem se articular e organizar um trabalho colaborativo em prol da inclusão escolar do filho/aluno com AH/SD. Após refletir sobre as situações expostas, propõem-se a seguinte tese: a inclusão escolar do filho/aluno com AH/SD será efetivada quando a família e a escola atuarem de forma articulada nesse processo, eliminando as barreiras que dificultam essa parceria, uma vez que a família constitui-se como influente na inclusão escolar do filho com AH/SD. Para verificar a tese, o objetivo geral foi compreender a articulação entre família e escola, verificando as barreiras que dificultam essa parceria, além de visualizar possíveis influências da família no processo de inclusão escolar do filho/aluno com AH/SD. Participaram da pesquisa 12 famílias com filhos identificados com AH/SD há mais de um ano e que foram assíduos durante o ano de 2014 no Programa de Incentivo ao Talento (PIT), sete educadores especiais, seis professores dos anos iniciais e cinco professoras conselheiras que, no ano de 2015, atuaram com os alunos com AH/SD. Em relação ao método, optou-se pela abordagem qualitativa, do tipo estudo de caso. Os instrumentos de coleta de dados selecionados foram: entrevista narrativa, Questionário de Caracterização do Sistema Familiar Versão – Pais ou Responsável (DESSEN, 2011), Checklist da Rotina Compartilhada e Envolvimento entre Família-escola, Versão para Professores e Checklist da Rotina Compartilhada e Envolvimento entre Família-escola Versão Pais (mãe, pai ou responsável), ambos validados por Dessen e Polonia (2011). As entrevistas foram analisadas de forma qualitativa/descritiva articulada com o referencial teórico que subsidiou a tese. Os Checklists foram analisados qualitativamente e a partir da análise de frequência, por meio de categorias já determinadas pelas autoras dos instrumentos. As considerações finais apontam para uma relação entre família e escola ainda incipiente, pois algumas barreiras/entraves foram identificadas, tendo prevalecido uma relação acusativa, o que pode estar dificultando a construção de uma relação de parceria. Foram pontuais os casos em que houve uma articulação entre ambas as instituições e que tenham como resultado maior influência/participação da família na vida escolar do filho com AH/SD. Portanto, sinaliza-se a necessidade de ofertar uma formação continuada tanto para a escola quanto para a família, visando ampliar o debate para a importância de ambas formarem uma rede de apoio para que juntas articulem ações em prol da inclusão escolar do filho que também é aluno com AH/SD.