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  • The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the learning environment on the emergence of gifted potential in preschool children. The primary research question focused on the nature of the learning environment that facilitates the emergence of these early indicators. Two preschool learning environments were examined: the traditional classroom and the constructivist classroom. In order to develop a more comprehensive response to the primary question, two subquestions were investigated which related to the nature and the observable developmental pattern of early signs of giftedness. Subjects included 21 three and four-year old children who participated in each of the two types of classrooms for a total of 12 weeks. Activities in the traditional classroom were more teacher-directed and highly structured, while those in the constructivist classroom were more child-directed and allowed for more independent learning. Nonparticipant observers noted the behaviors of each child who was involved in the classroom activities. The Brigance Preschool Screen and the Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement creativity measure were administered to each child for later assistance in discussing results. Recorded data were organized into levels of high, medium, and low under four broad categories: (a) cognitive development, (b) socioemotional development, (c) creativity, and (d) motivation. Results indicated that the constructivist classroom appeared to evoke a higher level of development in all four areas from the class as a whole. Individual subjects, however, exhibited a wide variety of behavioral profiles within these four areas. Test data yielded results similar to the evaluation of observed behaviors in terms of cognitive ability or readiness as measured by the Brigance Preschool Screen. Results from the TCAM, however, were not necessarily distributed in the same way as the behavioral evaluations. Findings from this study contribute to the ideas in the literature that behavioral identification is an effective way to evoke and observe the emergence of gifted potential. Although the study should be replicated with a larger group of similar students and/or a group of children with more diverse backgrounds and socioeconomic situations, findings from this study provide important implications for preschool teacher training, underachievement prevention, and programming for potentially gifted children. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

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