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Assessing Korean Middle School Students' Spatial Ability: Comparison between Gifted Students and General Students (한국의 중학교 영재학생과 일반학생의 공간 능력의 차이에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Sung-Sun
    • Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.371-386
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    • 2012
  • Spatial ability has been valued as one component of intelligence and as an talented domain. The researchers agree that spatial ability is associated with the achievements in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and important in STEM education. The purpose of this study is to assess Korean middle school students' spatial ability and compare Gifted Students and General Students' spatial ability. For this purpose, 'The Revised PSVT:R' was translated into Korean and administered 509 Korean middle school students, and also internal consistency reliability evidence and construct validity evidence of 'The Revised PSVT:R' were examined. This study explored the spatial ability of Korean middle school students (graded 7 through 9), and investigated association between spatial ability and students' mathematics achievement, the students' spatial ability according to their gender and grade level. As a result, this study shows that gifted students were better than general students in spatial ability. And there were significant correlations between spatial ability and mathematics, science, Korean language achievement. According to these results, spatial ability should be included as one of the important components in identifying students for gifted education programs.

Major Issues and Challenges of Gifted Children from Multicultural Families (다문화가정 영재의 이슈와 쟁점)

  • Han, Tae-Hee;Han, Ki-Soon
    • Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.453-477
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    • 2013
  • The intent of this study is to fully investigate the major issues and challenges related to characteristics of gifted children from multicultural families in Korea. The gifted students of multicultural families are currently categorized as disadvantaged gifted students, but they need to be defined more deeply and separately due to the continuous increase of multicultural families. Most culturally different gifted children have common problem such as integrating into Korean culture, often suffering from emotional problems and their parents' economic disadvantage. Due to these problems a variety of issues arise. First, culturally diverse talented students have problems due to the alienation and the lack of equal opportunity given to gifted children of multicultural families in need. Secondly, another issue is whether or not the selection of these students for a gifted and talented program is administered equally and fairly. Thirdly students and teachers may have difficulty forming relationships. Fourth, there is a dire need to address the issue of a lack of formal education policy. for these students. Fifth, the formulation of a gifted and talented program solely for multicultural students is necessary. Sixth, educating the parents of such students remains a critical challenge. Seventh, the last issue arises from a lack of research regarding the identity of multicultural gifted children in Korea. In this study, we discuss each of these issues in-depth. Additionally the future of Korean Multicultural Gifted selection, training in the field, school direction and it's implications are discussed.

A Research on the Changes of the Gifted and Talented Law in U.S.: Focusing on the Marland Report (미국 영재교육법률의 변천 과정에 관한 연구: 말랜드 보고서를 중심으로)

  • Kang, Byoungjik
    • Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.649-669
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    • 2013
  • The research deals with the changes of the laws related to gifted education focusing on the Marland Report. As result, contrary to conventional argument for the beginning of legal ground for gifted education, 1958's National Defense Education Act(P. L. 85~864) which stipulated the article for 'identification and encouragement' for 'able students' can be said the first legislation of gifted education in the level of federal government. In the case of definition of the gifted, prior to 1972's Marland Report, there was the first legal definition in the Section 806 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act(P. L. 91~230, 1970), which said "Children who have outstanding intellectual ability or creative talent". However Marland Report expanded the realm of the gifted from the area of intelligence to the area of leadership, art and psychomotor ability. On the basis of Marland Report, in 1974 the Office of Gifted and Talented was set up in the Department of Education for dealing with gifted education in federal. Further, Marland emphasized the importance of stipulating article related to funds for gifted education in law. Without manifesting funds for gifted education in law, he knew very well how hard it was to practice gifted education in reality. This implies that regulation funds for gifted education is crucial for effective actualization of gifted education.

The Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Science Talented Education--The Case of Chonnam National University (과학영재교육의 목표와 실제-전남대학교 과학영재교육센터 프로그램)

  • 조정일;이종백;김인수;박종원;윤석태;주동기;임형석
    • Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.175-191
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    • 1998
  • The purpose and content of Chonnam National University Center for Science Talented Education program and students' responses were described. The program was developed with the purpose of providing various learning opportunities for science talented students according to the level of their learning abilities. Students are given a variety of activities based on their potentials and interest. The program was developed in four subjects, such as mathematics, information science, science Ⅰ (physics and earth science), and science Ⅱ (biology and chemistry). Each subject consisted of simple inquiry, advanced one, and project, even though it had its own distinctions. Students were selected for each subject based on two criteria, that is, achievements in school science or mathematics (the upper 3 percent of the 8th grade students) and examination scores. Means and standard deviations for each subject were as follows: 51.8 and 13.3 for Science Ⅰ, 53.1 and 13.9 for Science Ⅱ, 36.7 and 10.7 for mathematics and 36.4 and 12.5 for information science. Thirty hours of summer classes were performed, and a survey was administered to obtain students' responses concerning difficulty, interest, teaching and content of the program. They gave relatively favourable responses in most area, but lack of time for studying was revealed in mathematics and information science. Further study in needed to get detailed and more accurate results of our program.

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Development of Leadership Program for the Gifted and Talented, and It's Application (과학영재아를 위한 리더십 프로그램의 개발과 적용)

  • Chung, Duk-Ho;Park, Sae-Hoon;Yee, Young-Hwan;Lee, Jeong-Won;Lee, Kuk-Haeng
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.639-652
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    • 2009
  • This projects was carried out under the assumption that an appealing leadership program would lead to students' increased leadership abilities. This leadership program is comprised of 16 materials based on seven factors of leadership for the gifted and talented. More than 46% of the gifted and talented have a positive response to leadership program, and some of these gifted and talented students (14.7%) reacted negatively. According to the result of the T-Test, a survey about leadership of gifted and talented, there are meaningful differences between before and after implementing this leadership program (p<.01). Especially, the leadership quality of the gifted and talented improved effectively in communication skills(p<.01), individualized considerations(p<.01), and interpersonal skills(p<.05). But there aren't statistical differences between the primary school students and the middle school students except leadership total score(p<.05) and communication skills(p<.01). Comprehensively, the primary school students scored slightly higher than did middle school students on the seven factors of leadership. So, we need an effective guide in planning a leadership program for middle school students.

Development of Machine Learning Online Education Program for Disadvantaged Informatics Gifted Students (소외계층 초등 정보영재학생을 위한 머신러닝 온라인 교육 프로그램 개발)

  • Kim, Seong-Won;Kim, Jiseon;Ryu, Jiyoung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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    • 2020.07a
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    • pp.633-634
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    • 2020
  • 본 논문에서는 소외계층 초등정보영재를 위한 온라인 머신러닝 교육 프로그램을 개발하였다. 교육 프로그램은 초등정보영재 전문가가 개발하였으며, 인공지능 교육 전문가가 검증하였다. 교육 프로그램은 15차시로 구성하였으며, 인공지능에 대한 이해, 데이터 수집 및 표현, 모델 선택, 훈련, 평가, 실생활 사례 제작, 예측으로 내용을 구성하였다. 교육 프로그램에서 학습 모형은 이재호와 홍창의(2009)의 문제 중심형 e-PBL 학습 모형을 본 연구에 맞게 수정하여 활용하였다. 향후 연구에서는 개발한 교육 프로그램을 소외계층 초등 정보영재에 적용하고, 교육 프로그램을 통한 소외계층 초등정보 영재의 변화를 분석하고자 한다.

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A Study on Relation between Attribution Style of Elementary Gifted and Talented in Information and Their Attitude to Information Science (초등 정보과학영재의 귀인성향과 정보과학에 대한 태도와의 관계에 대한 조사연구)

  • Lee, Jaeho;Jung, Nu Ri
    • Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.547-563
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    • 2015
  • This paper aims at figuring out specific characteristics of affective attitude of gifted and talented in information, predicting follow-up activities and desirable direction of learning. Based on the analysis of this paper as educational directions and suggestions for elementary gifted and talented students in information are as follows: First, in gender ratio of gifted and talented in information, including the fact that ratio of boys is high, there remain the previous prejudice of higher information capability and it seems that girls who depend on external factors, parents and teachers should make more efforts to help girls trust their own capability in information science and lead them to give more value to attribution of efforts for achievement in information science. Second, as grade is higher, motivation to learn information science and attitude for success in information science among sub-elements of attitude to information science, motivation to seed positive recognition to higher graders is required. Third, in screening and selecting gifted and talented students in information, attitude to information science should be considered as main cause and the existing gifted and talented students in information should be prompted to improve their attitude to information science with value on effort for information science.

A Study on Values of Scientifically Gifted Students and the Relations among Values (과학영재학생의 가치 특성 및 가치유형 간 상호 관계성 분석)

  • Ju, Yeong-Hyeon;Choe, Ho-Seong
    • Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.679-702
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    • 2012
  • Values can be regarded as an important factor which acts as an indicator showing each person's individual path of life. many researchers have suggested that values function as standards that guide thought and action. Values lead us to take particular positions on social issues and they predispose us to favor one perspective over another. Adolescence is an important period for the establishment of one's values. The values established during such a period become an important factor determining one's right personality and contents of life. In particular, it is important to take a study about the values possessed by gifted and talented children in Korea. There have been several researches regarding the cognitive and affective characteristics of gifted and talented learners in Korea. However, there has not been any research regarding their values in life. This study investigates the characteristics of values shown by 468 high-school students from two special schools for gifted students by using Schwartz's Value Survey Scale which is consisted of 57 value categories and 10 value types. According to the results of this study, the students from the special high-school for gifted children tend to promote such value types as 'autonomy' and 'stimulation' the most. Conversely, the same students tend to deny or ignore such value types as 'power' and 'tradition'. This study provides basic data regarding the values of gifted and talented students as the first research of its kind targeting gifted students in Korea. It has an important meaning for the research related to the characteristics shown by gifted students in Korea.

A Study on the Current Status and Improvement Plans of Gifted Elementary Information Education Curriculum (초등정보영재 교육과정의 현황 및 개선방안 연구)

  • Jun, Woo-Chun
    • Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.347-368
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    • 2010
  • With wide recognition of importance on gifted elementary school students in computer, the numbers of public and private institutes recognizing and fostering the gifted elementary school students in computer have been increasing. In this paper, the current status and improvement plans of curriculum for gifted students in computer are discussed. First of all, a gifted student in computer is defined based on the diverse characteristics and conditions of those students. Then the current status of gifted information education curriculum is presented. Based on the discussion, various improvement plans for gifted elementary information education are proposed. Those plans include 1)development of standard curriculum, 2)development of curriculum reflecting knowledge, application and ethics of information education, 3)development of standard discriminant tools, 4)development of educational objectives, 5)development of educational contents 6)development of teaching-learning models and 7)development of evaluation methods.

Development and Application of Teaching Materials for the Gifted and Talented Students in Elementary Science: Focused on Microscope (초등과학 영재교육 프로그램 개발 및 적용의 한 방안: 현미경을 중심으로)

  • 홍승호
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.279-286
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study is to develop and apply effective teaching strategies and program for the gifted-in-science. The teaching material for the gifted students was focussed on microscope. This study consists of three steps according to the enrichment triad model of Renzulli. Firstly, the gifted students investigate and express themselves for theological backgrounds, for examples, kinds, structure and use in various ways of microscope. It is to provide basic data for the effective ideas and interest which help students have the appropriate microscopic conceptions. In the second step, it contains understanding of a term and function of microscope, making of simple microscope, principle of a statue focusing and size estimation of an outline of subjects by scientific investigation activity. Lastly, it focussed on enlargement of post-learning through investigation of relationship with inter-science and experiments using microscope. Therefore, it was concluded that this study may help teachers reconsider scientific program development for the gifted or enriched students and to be successful in the teaching-learning processes.

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