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This editorial presents the current issue of Journal of Advanced Academics. In the development of this special themed issue on rural giftedness, we wanted to offer critical explorations into the ways in which we typically define both ruralness and giftedness. The authors examine the complexity of defining rural with a review of rural education research in the past decade, examining whether or not locale codes fall short in capturing the concept of rural education itself. The articles also explore how place leverages or potentially limits educational opportunities for high potential rural students. The articles represented in this issue examine rural giftedness with attention to equity and issues of social justice. The articles also highlight the unique needs of rural populations and offer findings that allow educators to develop the talent of young people living in these settings. We hope these articles call further attention to the needs of talented youth living in rural America. Rural students, like their suburban and urban peers, want to live a life of significance. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)

Teachers are often asked to nominate students for enrichment programs for gifted children, and studies have repeatedly indicated that students’ intelligence is related to their likelihood of being nominated as gifted. However, it is unknown whether class-average levels of intelligence influence teachers’ nominations as suggested by theory—and corresponding empirical results—concerning reference group effects. Herein, it was hypothesized that when students’ individual fluid and crystallized intelligence scores were similar, students from classes with higher average levels of intelligence would have a lower probability of being nominated for an enrichment program for gifted children than students from classes with lower average levels of intelligence. Furthermore, we investigated whether 3 teacher variables—experience with giftedness, beliefs about the changeability of intelligence, and the belief that giftedness is holistic or domain specific—would influence the expected reference group effect. In a study comprising data from 105 teachers and 1,468 of their (German) third-grade students, we found support not only for a positive association between students’ individual intelligence scores and the probability that students would be nominated as gifted but also, more importantly, for the proposed reference group effect: When controlling for individual levels of intelligence, students’ probability of being nominated was higher in classes with lower average levels of intelligence. In addition, the results showed that this reference group effect was stronger when teachers saw giftedness as holistic rather than domain specific. Also, depending on teachers’ kinds of experience with giftedness, the reference group effect varied in size. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

This article deals with the problem of students’ giftedness development. Students’ test results (n = 851) for "IQ level" and "creativity level" indicators demonstrated the need to improve the quality of work in reference to students’ professional giftedness development at the university. Designed complex of pedagogical conditions involves students’ giftedness development on organizational-pedagogical, psycho-pedagogical and didactic levels. Results can be used in educational practice of higher educational institutions of any type as methodological recommendations in work organization with gifted students, as well as in specialists training. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

This paper discusses issues related to the assessment of children and youth for the identification of giftedness, and presents specific recommendations for educational measures in order to attend to the particular characteristics and needs of these students. We outline the most common difficulties related to the psychological assessment of these children, including the lack of adequate instruments for the assessment of the multiple dimensions of giftedness, as well as the shortage of training for this identification. Regarding these difficulties, we describe some assessment procedures that assure higher levels of objectivity and validity in data, reducing the possibility of false positives and false negatives in the identification of these students. In addition to psychological tests, we present the advantages of using multiple informants and the contribution of different professionals and parents for this assessment. On the other hand, as we present giftedness as a result of a developmental process, it is important to conduct students' assessment in phases, including an initial screening phase, followed by the sound assessment of students and nurturing, Finally, we present some suggestions for the advancement in giftedness identification and assessment, as a means to support the development of research in this area. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

We test the unity of the Battery for Giftedness Assessment (BaAH/S) in identifying differences in two groups of already known gifted students in the areas of academic and artistic talents. Four latent factors were assessed (a) fluid intelligence, (b) metaphor production (verbal creativity), (c) figural fluency (figural creativity), and (d) divergent thinking figural task quality (figural creativity), A sample of 987 children and adolescents, 464 boys and 523 girls, of ages ranging from 8 to 17 of two groups: regular students (N = 866) and gifted students (N = 67 academic abilities, N = 34 artistic abilities and N = 20 no domain identified). Academic giftedness group of have higher reasoning, can produce more remote/original metaphors, high figural fluency and drawings rated as more original. Children in the group of artistic giftedness have higher reasoning, high figural fluency and drawings rated as more original. Reasoning abilities arc relatively higher in academic giftedness group than artistic ( r = .39 vs r =.14). Within artistic group figural fluency and ratings of originality are relatively more important than reasoning ( r = .25 and r = 21 vs .14). We emphasizes the importance of assessing creativity in different domains in addition to intelligence to improve the understanding of giftedness and talent. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

This study presents quantitative scientometric results on the development and main focus of publications on giftedness in the fields of psychology from German-speaking countries (PSYNDEX) and Anglo-American countries (PsycINFO) published between 1980 and 2014. In comparison with the literature on mental retardation/intellectual developmental disorders, the quantity of publications on giftedness (PSYNDEX: 1,066; PsycINFO: 8,572) amounts to one fifth. Both databases show a peak of publications in the 1980s and, again, a steady increase in publication numbers since the year 2000. For PSYNDEX, 38% of the publications refer to empirical studies with the quantity being rather stable since 2000. By contrast, 54% of the PsycINFO publications refer to empirical studies on giftedness and their number shows a steady increase since 2000. Approximately 80%of all publications refer to giftedness in school age (6–17 years old), while preschool age and adulthood are rarely studied. Publications focus mainly on giftedness in general cognitive, scholastic, mathematical, athletic, and musical ability while creative, verbal, nonverbal, or figural-spatial abilities are rarely studied. The implications of the results for research on giftedness are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

Giftedness is a multifaceted concept that involves a wide range of inputs and outputs. Hence, there are many theories suggesting a multidimensionality of giftedness. The aim of the present paper is (a) to position giftedness in terms of the processes involved and (b) to propose a multidimensional conception in order to differentiate creative and academic giftedness. Creative giftedness is represented by a high ability to produce ideas that are original and valuable in a specific domain or in several domains of work. There are many arguments that set creative giftedness apart from other types of giftedness. First, some empirical and theoretical data suggest that creativity is a specific characteristic that is independent from intelligence. Moreover, high levels of creativity are explained by specific processes that are not involved in high academic achievement. Finally, some researchers have observed cognitive styles and personality traits that may explain the distinction between high academic performance and highly creative performance. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

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)