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Yong-Woon Choi; In-gyu Go; Yeong-Jae Gil – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2024
The purpose of this study is to derive a correlation between the technological thinking disposition and the computational thinking ability of gifted students in Korea. The correlation between each element was analyzed by looking at the sub-elements of computational thinking according to the components of technological thinking disposition. The…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Mental Computation, Gifted, Correlation
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Avcu, Yunus Emre; Ayverdi, Leyla – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2020
The study's goal was to examine the correlation between the computer programming self-efficacy and computational thinking skills of gifted and talented students. The capacity of the computer programming self-efficacy of gifted and talented students to predict their computational thinking skills were also examined. The relational screening model…
Descriptors: Programming, Self Efficacy, Thinking Skills, Correlation
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Avcu, Yunus Emre; Er, Kemal Oguz – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2020
The study aimed to present suggestions for how a design thinking (DT) approach can be applied in the processes of teaching programming to gifted students and to reveal its effects on the teaching process. The case study method was used. 5 different DT tasks were defined to create solutions for an unstructured problem by using programming tools and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Design, Thinking Skills, Programming
Zayac, Joanne M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
With tightened school budgets, school administrators need to know the short term and long range effects of providing gifted programs at the elementary level. Programming opportunities in elementary school have direct impact on middle school and this, in turn impacts high school and college course selection. This study used the Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Databases, Gifted, Longitudinal Studies
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Pierson, Eric E.; Kilmer, Lydia M.; Rothlisberg, Barbara A.; McIntosh, David E. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2012
Schools often administer brief intelligence tests as the first step in the identification of students who are cognitively gifted. However, brief measures are often used without consideration of underlying constructs or the psychometric properties of the measures and without regard to the links between screening decisions and educational…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Gifted, Intelligence Tests, Identification
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Coxon, Steve V. – Gifted Child Today, 2012
Spatial and creative abilities are important for innovations in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, but talents are rarely developed from these abilities by schools, including among gifted children and adolescents who have a high potential to become STEM innovators. This article provides an overview of each ability and makes…
Descriptors: Gifted, State Standards, Creativity, Programming
Siegle, Del – Gifted Child Today, 2009
Although most computer users will never need to write a computer program, many students enjoy the challenge of creating one. Computer programming enhances students' problem solving by forcing students to break a problem into its component pieces and reassemble it in a generic format that can be understood by a nonsentient entity. It promotes…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Programming, Educational Technology, Problem Solving
Diakiw, Jerry – Education Canada, 2009
Joel seemed blessed with remarkable talents, but they did not reveal themselves in any obvious way in a school or class setting. Although he had been given an IQ test, his exact score could not be calculated--but it was well over 160. On a test of musical ability, Joel had attained a perfect score on all four musical attributes--a first for the…
Descriptors: Music, Personality, Talent, Intelligence Tests
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Baker, Bruce D.; Friedman-Nimz, Reva – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2002
The goal of this study is to present a brief, statistically rigorous assessment of the determinants of the availability of gifted and talented programming both across and within states. Of particular interest is whether gifted and talented program opportunities are randomly distributed across students by their socioeconomic status and race across…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Gifted, Programming, Geographic Location