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Joni M. Lakin; Jon Wai; Paula Olszewski-Kubilius; Susan Corwith; Danielle Rothschild; David Uttal – Grantee Submission, 2024
Spatial thinking permeates much of our lives and is an asset when solving problems involving well-structured visual information or imagining solutions in physical or digital space. However, an estimated three million US school children have spatial talents that go unrecognized because of the tools commonly used for identification of academic…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Mathematics
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Joni M. Lakin; Jonathan Wai; Paula Olszewski-Kubilius; Susan Corwith; Danielle Rothschild; David H. Uttal – Gifted Child Today, 2024
Spatial thinking permeates much of our lives and is an asset when solving problems involving well-structured visual information or imagining solutions in physical or digital space. However, an estimated three million US school children have spatial talents that go unrecognized because of the tools commonly used for identification of academic…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Mathematics
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Al Hajjat, Adel Tawfeeq – International Education Studies, 2017
The aim of this study is to recognize the level of career success for talented students who are graduates from programs of talented individuals in Jubilee School in Amman city and pioneering center for talented individuals in Salt city. The sample of the study includes (162) graduates from the mentioned programs. Also the study aimed to know the…
Descriptors: Talent, Success, Career Development, Career Readiness
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Assouline, Susan G.; Colangelo, Nicholas; Heo, Nanseol; Dockery, Lori – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2013
Established in the early 1970s, the talent search model has garnered strong theoretical and programming support for addressing the academic needs of highly able students. The two main components of the talent search model are discovery (identification) and development (programming) of academic talent. Discovery of academically talented elementary…
Descriptors: Talent, Gifted, Identification, Intervention
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Sikora, Joanna; Saha, Lawrence J. – Educational Practice and Theory, 2011
The purpose of this article is to review and revitalize the concept of "talent loss" in educational theory and research. It is our contention that the concept, while it has had a long and varied history among educational researchers, has recently surfaced and is providing useful insights into inefficiencies in educational systems, which…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Educational Research, Disadvantaged, Gender Differences
Sikora, Joanna; Saha, Lawrence J. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
Given ongoing interest in increasing productivity and participation in the workforce, understanding when talent is lost is a useful exercise. The term "lost talent" describes the underutilisation or wastage of human potential. Focusing on young people, Sikora and Saha define lost talent as occurring when students in the top 50% of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Labor Market, Least Squares Statistics
Nisly, Jenelle Susan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
African American students have been historically underrepresented in gifted programs throughout the United States. Research about retaining identified African American students in gifted programs is limited. This qualitative phenomenological study examined the perceptions of a purposeful sample of seven identified talented and potentially talented…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Middle School Students, Gifted, Graduation Rate
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Bowles, Terry – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2004
The aim of this research is to systematically categorize terms describing the means used by talented individuals to develop and maintain their skills in relation to nine talents. One hundred and fourteen participants provided terms describing the acquisition and maintenance of talent in reference to nine talents, during a structured interview. The…
Descriptors: Talent, Ability, Interviews, Gender Differences
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Rostan, Susan M. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2005
This study focuses on behavior associated with young art students' developing artistic talent ("skills and art-making behavior") and creativity ("personal expressions of visual information"). The study examines the role of personal expertise in a student's development of problem finding, domain-specific technical skill,…
Descriptors: Expertise, Imagination, Talent, Art Education