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Joni M. Lakin; Paula Olszewski-Kubilius – Grantee Submission, 2024
We talk about our spatial thinking skills all the time, maybe without knowing that there is an entire domain of cognitive skills that connect these observations. Educators can also recognize these skills in our students. These include students who seem to have an intuitive understanding of computer-aided design and create complex and efficient 3-D…
Descriptors: Gifted Education, Talent Identification, Talent Development, Spatial Ability
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Joni M. Lakin; Paula Olszewski-Kubilius – Gifted Child Today, 2024
We talk about our spatial thinking skills all the time, maybe without knowing that there is an entire domain of cognitive skills that connect these observations. Educators can also recognize these skills in our students. These include students who seem to have an intuitive understanding of computer-aided design and create complex and efficient 3-D…
Descriptors: Gifted Education, Talent Identification, Talent Development, Spatial Ability
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Gabriele Morganti; Alexandra Lascu; Gennaro Apollaro; Laura Pantanella; Mario Esposito; Alberto Grossi; Bruno Ruscello – Sport, Education and Society, 2024
Talent identification and development systems (TIDS) adopt a deterministic perspective (i.e. athletes' future state/performances can be predicted by observations of their initial state/performance), which encourages early identification and specialisation in sport. In this framework, the main aim of sport systems is to enhance predictability and…
Descriptors: Talent Identification, Talent Development, Athletics, Athletes
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Joseph Baker; Kathryn Johnston; Kevin Till – High Ability Studies, 2024
The word "talent" is used across many sport disciplines -- to describe an athlete's prowess (i.e. "he is talented"), as a term for what is sought after during assessment and selection (i.e. talent selection camps) or in reference to players to be developed (i.e. "a group of talents"). While the term has received…
Descriptors: Talent Identification, Athletes, Expertise, Definitions
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Jon Wai; Joni M. Lakin – Grantee Submission, 2024
Students' talent and potential cannot be served until they are recognized by schools or caregivers. While the field of gifted education has had success in identifying talent among many students with talents in reading and mathematics, those with spatial talents are often overlooked. This article reviews how we might identify spatial talent using…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Identification, Talent, Student Evaluation
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Jonathan Wai; Joni M. Lakin – Gifted Child Today, 2024
Students' talent and potential cannot be served until they are recognized by schools or caregivers. While the field of gifted education has had success in identifying many students with talents in reading and mathematics, those with spatial talents are often overlooked. This article reviews how we might identify spatial talent using traditional…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Identification, Talent, Student Evaluation
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Ashley Y. Carpenter; Dana L. Lockhart – Gifted Child Today, 2025
William & Mary's Center for Gifted Education's mission is to foster talent development of high-ability individuals over their lifespan. This article highlights the Center for Gifted Education's programs and offerings to develop leaders in the field of gifted education and talent development. This article details professional learning programs…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Leadership Training, Talent Development
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Talbot S. Hook; Gregory T. Boldt – Current Issues in Education, 2025
American education has inherited beliefs and practices unaligned with 21st-century needs, which prevents us from providing an appropriate education to many students. To reimagine education, we must understand tensions between shifting societal values, developmental goals, and educational structures. After discussing some of the values that pull…
Descriptors: Gifted Education, Academically Gifted, Student Needs, Values
Deborah Santiago; Emily Labandera; Cassandra Arroyo; Sami Russell Nour – Excelencia in Education, 2024
The nation is facing a shortage of educators prepared to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population. Latinos are the nation's fastest growing population but are underrepresented in higher-skilled occupations in the classroom and overrepresented in supportive roles with lower wages. This shows the need for employers and…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Talent, Labor Force, College Graduates
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Anne N. Rinn – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2024
The study of psychosocial skills is conceptualized in the field of gifted education as part of the talent development paradigm, and most terminology associated with the study of psychosocial skills is done within the framework of the talent development megamodel. Although critically important in the development of talent, empirical research on…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Interpersonal Competence, Gifted Education, Talent Development
Joseph, Richard J. – Oxford University Press, 2022
The gap between the abundance of American higher education talent and the immense foreign demand for it is the great chasm in global education. It is a gulf of lost opportunities. It is also a space of great economic potential. This book describes the great chasm, examines factors underlying it, and suggests ways to bridge the gap to realize this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Talent, Talent Development, Talent Identification
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Abdul-Alim, Jamaal – Journal of College Admission, 2020
While grades and course load are the top factors in the college admission decision, highlighting special talents or skills can help students stand out in a crowded applicant pool. Counselors and students must put considerable thought into how an applicant will highlight their talents in a college application. Students should start by identifying…
Descriptors: College Admission, Talent Identification, College Applicants, Volunteers
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Dixson, Dante D.; Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula; Subotnik, Rena F.; Worrell, Frank C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2020
In this article, we explore how school psychologists who adopt a talent development perspective can play a larger role in cultivating the talent of academically gifted students. Utilizing the talent development megamodel and Ackerman's model of expertise, we outline how school psychologists can consult with school administrators, teachers, and…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Talent Development, Academically Gifted, Student Needs
Deborah Santiago; Emily Labandera; Cassandra Arroyo; Sami Russell Nour – Excelencia in Education, 2024
Although more Latinos are entering the STEM workforce, they continue to be underrepresented in high-salary STEM occupations. To ensure America's future, institutions and STEM employers must both play an active role in preparing, selecting, and sourcing Latino talent for a global economy. Excelencia's research demonstrates that select institutions…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Labor Force, Talent, STEM Education
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David, Hanna – Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 2023
For many years there has been ongoing, lively debate about the use of the term "gifted" when referring to able, talented, and creative students, or students who have the potential to achieve at a high level. Pro-giftedness supporters who use the term appear to lean on the fact that the term "gifted" has been successfully used…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Vocabulary, Labeling (of Persons), Talent Identification
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