This qualitative study was designed to explore the experiences and perceptions of a group of mothers whose elementary school-aged children met the criteria for intellectual giftedness in an Ontario school board. Guided by Beach and Mitchell’s image theory and Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, the study sought to identify (a) the meanings mothers ascribed to the concept of giftedness, (b) their experiences of the assessment, identification and placement process, and (c) the factors deemed important to educational decision making. A postpositivist orientation and rigorous qualitative research methods were employed. Data were collected in two phases: an internet-based survey comprised of demographic items and open ended questions, followed by in-depth interviews with five purposefully selected participants. Resultant data from 45 surveys and 15 interviews were coded and organized according to the survey questions and central elements of the theoretical framework. Eight research findings revealed that the experience of mothering gifted children was complex, challenging, emotional, and at times, isolating. Many mothers struggled with the concept of giftedness and how it pertained to their children. As mothers navigated the assessment, identification and placement process, the lack of accessible, timely, and consistent information from the school board posed a considerable barrier, prompting many to reach out to other parents of gifted children for information and support. Factors deemed important to decision making about educational placement included maternal perceptions related to the various options, child specific and practical considerations, and the attainability of specialized gifted programming. Educational decision making was identified as the most difficult aspect of the maternal experience. Given that the study participants were unusually well educated and well resourced, the findings were particularly revealing. The study findings add to a small but growing body of research that furthers our understanding of image theory in real life decision making. In addition, the findings give voice to the experience of mothering children identified as gifted, thus making a valuable and original contribution to the literature.

The aim of this qualitative study is to investigate how upper secondary school teachers in Sweden identify and, if they do, support gifted students. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect data from seven upper secondary school English teachers in Sweden. The results show that the teachers are able to identify gifted students after they perform certain tests or tasks. All teachers state that it is important to give gifted students the necessary help and attention they need. The methods that were used to support the gifted students were to have flexible assignments that could be adjusted to the individuals’ needs or to provide the gifted students with extra assignments. The teachers state that they find it difficult to meet the needs of the gifted students due to lack of time and because the needs of struggling students are prioritized by the system. In conclusion, the teachers agree that education should be adjusted to all of the students’ different needs, including the ones of the gifted students. It has been reported by the participating teachers that they try to achieve this, yet they are concerned with the availability of their resources and time.

This study focuses on the identification of traditional and modern sociocultural factors revealed by traditionallyorientated (rural) and modern (urban) Vhavenda people that define the Vhavenda cultural context, and establishes how the Vhavenda view giftedness from their own sociocultural perspective. The literature study reveals that Vhavenda school children are disadvantaged with regard to socioeconomic level, education and geographic isolation. Definitions of intelligence were reviewed as well as those of giftedness that consider sociocultural perspectives. An idiographic, qualitative study was conducted with informants from rural and urban areas. Results show that the sociocultural context of both traditional and modern Vhavenda is characterised by modern rather than traditional sociocultural factors which influence the development, nurturance and manifestation of giftedness in Vhavenda children. Vhavenda learners (13-15 years old) revealed some frequently observed characteristics of giftedness. Consequently, some identification measures of disadvantaged gifted children hold promise for the identification of gifted Vhavenda learners. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

Thesis (MEd(Psych))-- Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Gifted children represent an important component of a nation's intellectual capital, with the resources to find innovative solutions to scientific and social challenges. Since the advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994, limited attention has been paid to gifted education as a research focus. To ensure quality education for all learners, current educational policy supports inclusive education. However, there is a gap between the policies which have been developed and their implementation at grassroots level in the school and classroom. In particular, several recent South African studies on gifted education suggest that gifted learners are at the end of the queue for educational provision. In this qualitative and collective instrumental case study, framed within an interpretive paradigm, I set out to explore the lived experiences of academically gifted Grade 11 learners. I wanted to gain an insight into how it felt to be gifted, and how their experiences played out in the various systems in their respective contexts. A further aim was to assess their specific academic support needs, in order to make a contribution to designing quality education for this particular group. The expression of giftedness is viewed as dependent on the interactions of the child with his or her environment, so Bronfenbrenner's bio-ecological model was taken as the theoretical framework for the study. I chose a descriptive multiple case study design, using purposive sampling to select six participants, three from each of two schools in sharply contrasting socio-economic backgrounds in a large rural town. I used three methods of data collection, semi-structured individual interviews, a semi-structured focus group interview, and collages. Qualitative content analysis was used for both phases of data analysis, within-case analysis and cross-case analysis. The findings showed that gifted learners from both affluent and disadvantaged backgrounds faced similar challenges in developing their potential. They often felt neglected and academically under-stimulated. They identified specific deficiencies in both their schools and communities which needed to be addressed to ensure optimal learning opportunities. Despite the similarity of their experiences, the learners from the school in the disadvantaged community had to combat greater challenges than those from an affluent background. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Begaafde kinders verteenwoordig 'n baie belankrike komponent van 'n nasie se intellektuele kapitaal. Hulle beskik oor innerlike bronne om innoverende oplossings vir wetenskaplike asook sosiale uitdagings te bied. Vanaf die aanvang van demokrasie in 1994 in Suid-Afrika, is beperkte aandag aan begaafdekindonderwys as navorsingsfokus gegee. Die huidige onderwysbeleid ondersteun inklusiewe onderwys om sodoende kwaliteit onderrig aan alle leerders te verseker. Daar blyk egter 'n gaping te wees tussen beleidsontwikkeling en die inplementering daarvan op grondvlak, in skole en klaskamers. Verskeie onlangse Suid-Afrikaanse studies oor begaafdekindonderwys dui in die besonder daarop dat begaafde leerders agter in die ry staan as dit kom by voldoende onderwysvoorsiening. In hierdie kwalitatiewe, kollektiewe en instrumentele gevallestudie, ingebed binne die raamwerk van 'n interpretatiewe paradigma, het ek my beywer om die beleefde ervaringe van akademies begaafde Graad 11 leerders te ondersoek. Ek wou insig bekom oor hoe hulle, hulle eie begaafdheid ervaar, asook hoe dit uitspeel in die verskillende sisteme binne hulle onderskeie kontekste. 'n Verdere doelwit van hierdie studie was ook om spesifiek hulle akademiese ondersteuningsbehoeftes te evalueer ten einde sodoende 'n bydrae te lewer ten opsigte van die ontwerp van kwaliteit onderrig vir hierdie spesifieke groep. Die interaksies tussen die kind en sy of haar omgewing speel 'n belangrike rol in die uitdrukking van begaafdheid. Om hierdie rede is Bronfenbrenner se bio-ekologiese model as teoretiese raamwerk vir hierdie studie aangewend. Ek het 'n beskrywende, veelvuldige gevallestudie-ontwerp gekies en doelmatigheid-steekproefneming aangewend om die ses deelnemers, drie van twee skole in sterk kontrasterende sosio-ekonomiese agtergronde in 'n groot plattelandse dorp, te selekteer. Ek het drie metodes, naamlik semi-gestruktureerde individuele onderhoude, 'n semi-gestruktureerde fokusgroep-onderhoud asook collages, ingespan om data in te samel. Kwalitatiewe inhoudsanalise is gebruik vir beide data-analisefases, naamlik binne-geval-analise en kruis-geval-analise. Die bevindinge het getoon dat begaafde leerders van beide welvarende en benadeelde agtergronde soortgelyke uitdagings ten opsigte van die ontwikkeling van hul potensiaal in die gesig staar. Hulle het dikwels verwaarloos en akademies onder-gestimuleer, gevoel. Hulle het spesifieke leemtes in beide hulle skole en gemeenskappe geïdentifiseer wat aangespreek moet word om optimale leergeleenthede te verseker. Ten spyte van die ooreenkomste in hul ervarings, moes die leerders van die skool in die agtergeblewe gemeenskap groter uitdagings die hoof bied as die leerders van die meer gegoede agtergrond.

Cette recherche porte sur la problématique du développement psychosocial des enfants doués. Bien qu’il existe des travaux qui indiquent que les enfants doués souffrent plus souvent de problèmes d’adaptation que les autres, comme l’isolement social, la dépression, l’anxiété et une faible estime de soi, la littérature de recherche considère peu l’environnement familial des enfants doués comme étant un facteur qui puisse contribuer au niveau d’adaptation de l’enfant. La présente recherche a eu donc pour objectif de déterminer si les styles parentaux, tels que définis par Baumrind, sont associés à l’adaptation des enfants doués. Les styles parentaux des parents ont été mesurés à l'aide d'un questionnaire auto-rapporté. Le niveau d’adaptation d’un groupe d’enfants doués, âgés de 7 à 11 ans, a été évalué à l’aide de mesures de comportement et de concept de soi. La douance a été mesurée avec un test d’intelligence standardisé. Quarante-huit enfants doués et 52 enfants du groupe contrôle ont participé à l'étude. Les résultats ont démontré que les parents des enfants doués utilisent majoritairement un style parental démocratique. Les mères ont rapporté être significativement plus démocratiques que les pères. Les parents ont identifié un sous-groupe d'enfants doués ayant des problèmes sociaux avec leurs pairs, tandis que ces enfants doués et leurs enseignants n’en n’ont pas indiqué. Aucune association n’a été mise en évidence entre l'utilisation d'un style parental particulier et les problèmes sociaux chez les enfants doués. Cependant, l’utilisation du style parental autoritaire des mères a été associée à des problèmes de comportement moins élevés ainsi qu’un concept de soi intellectuel plus élevé chez les enfants doués. Inversement, le style parental démocratique des mères a été associé à des problèmes de comportements plus élevés chez les enfants doués. Le style parental permissif des mères a été associé à des niveaux de concept de soi moins élevés chez les enfants doués. Pour les pères, les styles parentaux autoritaires et permissifs ont été associés à des niveaux d’adaptation et de concept de soi moins élevés chez les enfants doués. Enfin, le niveau d’adaptation ainsi que les styles parentaux ont été comparés entre les deux groupes d’enfants. Les deux groupes ont présenté des niveaux d’adaptation dans la gamme de la normalité. De plus, les parents des deux groupes d’enfants ont rapporté des styles parentaux similaires. Pour les pères des enfants du groupe de contrôle, le style parental démocratique a été associé à des niveaux d’adaptation plus élevés. Le style parental autoritaire des mères et le style parental permissif des pères ont été associés à des niveaux de concept de soi moins élevés chez les enfants du groupe de contrôle. En somme, les conclusions de cette thèse permettent une meilleure compréhension de la complexité des liens entre les styles parentaux et l’adaptation des enfants doués. / The present study examines the psychosocial development of gifted children. Although much evidence exists that gifted children experience problems of adjustment, such as social isolation, depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem, few studies have investigated the family environment of gifted children and its possible links to child psychosocial adjustment. The goal of this study, therefore, was to address these questions by examining the parenting styles, as defined by Baumrind, of parents of gifted children and their potential associations with the adjustment levels of their children. Parenting styles were measured using a self-report questionnaire. The level of adjustment for gifted children, aged 7 to 11 years old, was measured using behavioural and self-concept measures. Giftedness was determined using a standardized intelligence test. Forty-eight gifted children and 52 nongifted children participated in the study. Parents of gifted children reported using a predominantly authoritative parenting style. Mothers, however, reported significantly higher authoritative scores than fathers. Parents reported several gifted children to experience problems with peers, but their teachers did not report this nor did the children themselves. No associations were found between a particular parenting style and the reported presence of peer social problems in gifted children. Mothers’ authoritarian parenting style was significantly associated with lower conduct problem levels, and higher intellectual self-concept levels in gifted children. As for mothers’ authoritative parenting style, a significant relationship was found with higher conduct problem levels in gifted children. Mothers’ permissive parenting style was found to be associated with lower self-concept levels in gifted children. As for the fathers, authoritarian and permissive parenting styles were found to be linked to lower adjustment and self-concept levels in gifted children. Adjustment levels and parenting styles were also compared between gifted and nongifted children. For both groups of children, adjustment levels were in the normal range and the parents reported similar use of the three parenting styles. As for the relationships between parenting styles and adjustment in nongifted children, fathers’ authoritative parenting style was found to be associated with higher child adjustment levels. Mothers’ authoritarian and fathers’ permissive parenting styles were found to be associated with lower self-concept levels in nongifted children. The conclusions of this thesis permit a better understanding of the complexity of the links between parenting styles and the psychosocial adjustment of gifted children.

Die vorliegende Dissertation geht der Frage nach, welchen Einfluss kognitiv geprägte Persönlichkeitsmerkmale auf das gegenseitige Verständnis zwischen Gesprächspartnern haben. Intelligenz und Bewertungsdispositionen werden als Haupteffekte untersucht. Zudem wird dem Einfluss von dyadischen Persönlichkeitsunterschieden auf das zwischenmenschliche Verständnis sowie der Frage, ob sich Hochbegabte in ihrer sozialen Anpassung von einer Vergleichsgruppe von Universitätsabsolventen unterscheiden, nachgegangen. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass Personen einen Zusammenhang zwischen der Intelligenz ihrer Interaktionspartner und der Qualität der jeweiligen Beziehungen wahrnehmen. Dieser Effekt lässt sich jedoch (mit Ausnahme des Wortschatzes) nicht durch psychometrische Intelligenzmessungen bestätigen. Zweitens liefern die Ergebnisse der Studie keine belege für die Behauptung, dass zwischenmenschliche Persönlichkeitsunterschiede die Qualität der Kommunikation beeinträchtigen. Drittens stellt sich die Stichprobe von Hochbegabten als weniger sozial angepasst dar als die Stichprobe von Hochschulabsolventen. Es gibt jedoch Hinweise darauf, dass dies nicht durch ihre extrem hohe Intelligenz, sondern durch eine Stichprobenverzerrung hin zu Anpassungsproblemen verursacht wird. Insgesamt zeigen die Ergebnisse, dass das zwischenmenschliche Verständnis einen bedeutsamen Faktor für die Entwicklung enger Beziehungen darstellt. Allerdings legt der geringe Einfluss von Intelligenz und Bewertungsdispositionen auf die Qualität dyadischer Interaktionen den Schluss nahe, dass die meisten Menschen die Anforderungen zwischenmenschlicher Interaktionen auch meistern können, ohne über eine hohe Intelligenz zu verfügen. Darüber hinaus scheint es den meisten Gesprächspartnern zu gelingen, einander trotz dyadischer Unterschiede in ihrer Persönlichkeit zu verstehen. / The current dissertation investigated the role of cognitive personality traits on the mutual understanding between interaction partners. For this purpose, main effects of intelligence and dispositional valuations were studied. In addition, it was asked whether within-dyad personality differences affect mutual understanding and whether gifted individuals differ from a comparison group of university students in their level of social adjustment. Results indicated that individuals perceive a relation between the intelligence level of their interaction partners and the quality of their social relationships. However, such an effect could not be replicated with psychometric intelligence measures (with the exception of vocabulary). Second, the results of the current study did not support the contention that dyadic personality differences constrain communication quality. Third, it could be shown that the sample of gifted individuals was less well adjusted than the sample of university alumni. However, several indications were found that this was not due to their extremely high intelligence but to an oversampling of gifted individuals with adjustment problems. Together, the results showed that mutual understanding is an important factor in the development of close relationships. However, the limited impact of intelligence and dispositional valuations on the quality of dyadic interactions suggests that most people are able to cope with the demands of interpersonal interactions without having a high intelligence level. In addition, most conversation partners seem able to understand each other in spite of within-dyad personality differences.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:28:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Walquiria de Jesus Ribeiro.pdf: 1179237 bytes, checksum: 226dd5d8500031ff1bfbecf3cc0c440e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-18 / Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas / The high ability/giftedness is a multidimensional phenomenon, whose evaluation has become a challenge nowadays, especially when it considers the lack of standardized and validated instruments in Brazil for this purpose. This study aimed to look for evidence of validity (construct and criterion) of a Battery for Assessment of High Ability. The sample was composed of students of the 2nd. year of elementary school to 3rd. year of high school, of both sexes, average age eleven (SD=2,02), divided into 470 students in regular education and 118 students participating in the Student Support Services Program with High Ability. The instrument used was composed of six subtests, four of reasoning (verbal, abstract, numerical and logical) one of figural creativity (Completing figures) and other verbal creativity (Creating Metaphors). Through exploratory factor analysis, we found three factors with eigenvalues of 3.737, 1.535 and 1.093, explaining 70.72% of the total variance, with Factor 1 representing measures Verbal Creativity; Factor 2, Intelligence; and Factor 3, Creativity figural. Correlations were found between the factors, more moderate, between Creativity and Intelligence Verbal (r=0.346). Significant effects of the variable group were noted in relation to evidence RV, RA, RN and RL, as well as factor in test preparation Figural Creativity and Quality characteristic Metaphorical Verbal Creativity Test, demonstrating discriminatory power of these measures in the identification of students with high skills. The results showed evidence of construct validity Battery for Assessment of High Ability in assessing Intelligence, Creativity Figural and Verbal and evidence of criterion validity for identifying high ability students from the subtests of intelligence, and partially through some measures of verbal and figural creativity. Other studies are needed to further investigate the psychometric criteria of the instrument under construction. / As altas habilidades/superdota??o ? um fen?meno multidimensional, cuja avalia??o tem se tornado um desafio nos dias atuais, ainda mais quando se constata a falta de instrumentos validados e normatizados no Brasil para tal fim. Este estudo teve como objetivo buscar evid?ncias de validade (construto e crit?rio) de uma Bateria para Avalia??o das Altas Habilidades. A amostra total foi composta por 588 alunos do 2?. ano do ensino fundamental ao 3?. ano do ensino m?dio, de ambos os sexos, m?dia de idade de 11,11 anos (DP=2,02), divididos em 470 alunos de sala de ensino regular e 118 alunos participantes de Programa de Atendimento ao Aluno com Altas Habilidades. O instrumento utilizado foi composto por seis subtestes, sendo quatro de racioc?nio (Racioc?nio verbal, abstrato, num?rico e l?gico), um de criatividade figural (Completando figuras) e outro de criatividade verbal (Cria??o de Met?foras). Atrav?s da an?lise fatorial explorat?ria, foram encontrados tr?s fatores com eigenvalues de 3,737; 1,535 e 1,093, explicando 70,72% da vari?ncia total, com o Fator 1 representando medidas de Criatividade Verbal, o Fator 2, de Intelig?ncia e o Fator 3, de Criatividade Figural. Correla??es foram encontradas entre os fatores, de forma mais moderada, entre Criatividade Verbal e Intelig?ncia (r=0,346). Efeitos significativos da vari?vel grupo foram notados em rela??o ?s provas RV, RA, RN e RL, bem como no fator Elabora??o no teste de Criatividade Figural e na caracter?stica Qualidade Metaf?rica do teste de Criatividade Verbal, demonstrando poder discriminat?rio dessas medidas na identifica??o dos alunos com altas habilidades. Os resultados apontaram evid?ncias de validade de construto da Bateria para Avalia??o das Altas Habilidades na avalia??o da Intelig?ncia, Criatividade Figural e Verbal e evid?ncias de validade de crit?rio para identifica??o de alunos com altas habilidades a partir dos subtestes de intelig?ncia, e, parcialmente, atrav?s de algumas medidas de criatividade figural e verbal. Outros estudos se fazem necess?rios para melhor investiga??o dos crit?rios psicom?tricos do instrumento em constru??o.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:29:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Eliana Santos de Farias.pdf: 1151108 bytes, checksum: d8a60100a4bf3e58e4d3db0ecf8a6ca5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-27 / The identification of students fitted and / or talent is characterized by a variety of possibilities. This identification may be multidimensional (areas, dimensions), multireferential (parents, teachers, psychologists and other staff), multi-method (methods, processes, tools), multi-temporal (time, stages of development), multi-contextual (tasks at school, at home and others), and multi-stage (stages or modules support). In this case, the figure of the teacher deserves, and effective participation through teacher nomination. In Brazil, there is no instrument with a favorable recommendation by the Federal Council of Psychology. Given this fact, the objective is to develop two studies, the first draw up a scale of appointing teachers for gifted and talented students as well as search for evidence of content validity, where as the second study, we sought evidence for the consistency of accuracy internal and validity based on internal structure and convergent and discriminant. After formulating the instrument (ENDI-p), the results of the first study indicate that the ENDI-p is ready for use, when looking at the kappa coefficient (km?dio= 0.778). The ENDI-p lost five items and had four items adapted to other areas other than the original. In the second study, by means of item-total correlation were removed 17 items from Endi-p showed that saturation index less than 0.30 (varimax rotation) which resulted in three major factors. With the removal of such items, the scale was a good value for the overall Cronbach's alpha (alfa= 0.801), but also for the three specific factors: F1 (alfa=0.892 with 23 items), F2 (alfa= 0.929 with 26 items), F3 (alfa= 0.727 with 7 items), given the goal 3. The Bartlett test of sphericity indicated a correlation between items (x2 0=4370,985; gl=1653; p<0,000). Since the measure of sampling adequacy for the application of factor analysis showed to be appropriate for the test of Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO = 0.498). The fourth objective was met through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) resulting in three factors. Objectives 5 and 6, about the search for evidence of validity based on relationships with external variables were partially met, which may suggest, for future studies using a larger sample. / A identifica??o de alunos dotados e/ou talentosos caracteriza-se por uma diversidade de possibilidades. Esta identifica??o pode ser multidimensional (?reas, dimens?es), multireferencial (pais, professores, psic?logos e outros agentes), multi-m?todo (meios, processos, instrumentos), multi-temporal (momentos, est?gios do desenvolvimento), multi-contextual (tarefas na escola, em casa e outros) e, multi-et?pica (fases ou m?dulos de apoio). Neste processo, a figura do professor merece destaque, e efetiva sua participa??o por meio de nomea??o docente. No Brasil, ainda n?o existe instrumento com recomenda??o favor?vel pelo Conselho Federal de Psicologia. Diante deste fato, objetivou-se por desenvolver dois estudos, no primeiro elaborar uma escala de nomea??o docente para alunos dotados e talentosos, bem como buscar por evidencias de validade de conte?do; j? no segundo estudo, buscou-se por evidencias de precis?o da consist?ncia interna, bem como validade baseada na estrutura interna e convergente e discriminante. Depois de elaborado o instrumento (ENDI-p), os resultados do primeiro estudo indicam que a ENDI-p est? pronta para uso, ao se observar o coeficiente de kappa (km?dio=0,778). A ENDI-p perdeu cinco itens e teve quatro itens adaptados para outras ?reas, que n?o as originais. No segundo estudo, por meio da correla??o item-total foram retirados 17 itens da ENDI-p que apresentaram ?ndices de satura??o inferiores a 0,30 (rota??o varimax) o que resultou em tr?s grandes fatores. Com a extra??o destes itens, a escala apresentou um bom valor para o Alpha de Cronbach geral (alfa=0,801), como tamb?m para os tr?s fatores espec?ficos: F1 (alfa=0,892 com 23 itens), F2 (alfa=0,929 com 26 itens), F3 (alfa=0,727 com 7 itens), atendendo ao objetivo 3. O teste de esfericidade de Bartlett indicou correla??o entre os itens (x2 0=4370,985; gl=1653; p<0,000). J? a medida de adequa??o da amostra para aplica??o da an?lise fatorial apresentou-se apropriada pelo teste de Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO=0,498). O quarto objetivo foi atendido por meio da an?lise fatorial explorat?ria (AFE) resultando em tr?s fatores. Os objetivos 5 e 6, a respeito da busca de evidencias de validade baseadas nas rela??es com vari?veis externas foram parcialmente atendidos, o que pode sugerir, para futuros estudos utilizar uma amostra maior.

Este trabajo estudia la incidencia de la creatividad y la inteligencia emocional (IE) en el perfil cognitivo de alumnos de media y alta habilidad.Los objetivos fueron: 1) estudiar las características psicométricas del Test de Pensamiento Creativo de Torrance (TTCT) y del Emotional Quotient Inventory Youth Versión (EQ-i:YV) de Bar-On. 2) Los resultados mostraron que: 1) el TTCT y el EQ-i:YV mostraron características psicométricas adecuadas 2) los alumnos de alta habilidad puntuaron mas alto tanto en creatividad como en IE. Respecto a creatividad estas diferencias que se mantuvo incluso cuando se comparaba únicamente el grupo de alumnos talentosos vs. Normales. Respecto a IE podemos decir que nuestros resultados confirman estudios previos que apoyan el adecuado ajuste socio-emocional de los alumnos de alta habilidad. 3) las correlaciones entre TTCT y EQ-i:YV fueron bajas, siendo únicamente significativa la correlación habilidades interpersonales (IE) y factor 3 del TTCT. Las correlaciones entre IE y CI no fueron significativas, lo que nos conduce a pensar que la IE pueda no ser parte del constructo de inteligencia / The work aim to study the Creativity and IE impact on the cognitive profile of both G&T and average students. The aims were: 1) to study psychometrical characteristics of the Torrance Test of Creative thinking (TTCT) and the Emotional Quotient Inventory Youth Versión (EQ-i:YV) of Bar-On. 2) to study differences on the students creativity and EI depending on their cognitive profile (taking Castello &Batlle (1998) G&T typology) 3) to study the relationship between IE, IQ, and creativityResults pointed out that 1) TTCT and EQ-i:YV show suitable psichometric characteristic. 2) high ability students (G&T) scored higher on both creativity and EI than average students. These differences remained on creativity when compare average students against talented (excluding gifted ones) which agree with studies that confirmed the adequate social-emotional adjustment of G&T. 3) Correlation between different TTCT dimensions and EQ-iYV factors were low. EQ-i:YV interpersonal skills and TTCT factor 3 was the only significant correlation found. The correlation between EI and IQ was found no significant, which lead us to conclude that IE may not be part of the intelligence construct.

The aim of the study was to improve understanding of how upper secondary school acknowledge and adjust support and guidance for gifted students regarding their future academic and professional career. The study examined school pricipals and career counselors approach to guidance work with gifted students and how the above mentioned professionals received information about gifted students. It was further examined what measures were applied to adjust the upper secondary school to the needs of gifted students. Qualitative interviews were conducted and the results showed that in cases where the informants were told it took place in conjunctions with seminars about the class, through grades or through a teacher or the students themselves who contacted the career counselor or principal at the upper secondary school.The giftedness was connected to the school curriculum and various course topics in the secondary programs. School principals viewed the career counselor as an important resource to provide motivational support, individualize and survey future plans. Career counselors experienced that gifted students were ahead in their maturity process and often arrived earlier than other students with ideas and questions for the career counselor. The upper secondary school tried to the extent resources were available, to provide stimulus and motivation for the gifted students in different ways - through acceleration, enrichment and motivational activities. / Syftet med studien var att öka kunskaperna om hur gymnasieskolan uppmärksammar och anpassar stöd och vägledning för särbegåvade elever beträffande deras framtida studie- och yrkeskarriär. Studien har undersökt skolledares och studie- och yrkesvägledares syn på vägledningsarbete med särbegåvade elever och hur dessa yrkesgrupper får information om särbegåvade elever. Vidare undersöktes vilka åtgärder som tillämpades för att anpassa gymnaiseskolan efter särbegåvade elevers behov. Kvalitativa intervjuer genomfördes och resultatet visade att i de fall informanterna fick information kom den i samband med klasskonferenser, genom betyg eller genom lärare eller eleven själv som tagit kontakt med studie- och yrkesvägledare eller rektor på gymnasieskolan. Begåvningarna kopplas till skolans läroplaner och de olika gymnasieprorammens kursämnen. Skolledarna såg studie- och yrkesvägledningen som en viktig resurs för att kunna ge motiverande stöd, individanpassa och kartlägga framtidsplaner. Studie- och yrkesvägledare upplevde att särbegåvade elever låg före i mognadsprocessen och ofta kom tidigare än andra elever med idéer och frågor till studie- och yrkesvägledaren. Gymnasieskolorna försökte i mån av resurser ge stimulans och motivation till de särbegåvade eleverna på olika sätt - genom acceleration, berikande och motivationshöjande insatser.