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  • This special issue focuses on the role of motivation in actualizing gifts and talents. Motivation is closely related to the goals we set for our own and others’ learning. All the articles in this special issue contribute to the current research and discussion on motivation and giftedness. Research in these fields must be performed in different ability domains and in various cultural contexts. Cross-cultural comparisons are needed to validate our findings and to test the culture-dependent and culture invariant dimensions of giftedness. We have made an effort to address each of these aspects at least a little bit. However, future studies are needed to explore and evaluate the theories and practices in gifted education and motivation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

  • This article presents two independent studies of Finnish teachers’ conceptions of giftedness and considers whether it is a malleable or fixed quality. The first qualitative study examined elementary school teachers’ ( N = 212) conceptions via inductive-oriented content analysis, whereas the second study measured teachers’ (elementary n = 184, secondary n = 279) conceptions with a quantitative approach. According to teachers’ open-ended definitions, giftedness was seen to be multidimensional and a characteristic that differentiates the person from others. Giftedness was also described via cognitive, creative, and motivational features of the gifted. Furthermore, the two independent studies suggest quite different views on how Finnish teachers understand the developmental nature of giftedness: The first indicates that the developmental nature of giftedness was not frequently mentioned, whereas the second found that a malleable view of giftedness (i.e., a growth mindset) was dominant. Thus, this article highlights a need for in-depth and mixed-methods research designs to study how teachers see the developing nature of giftedness. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

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