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The process of identifying gifted children in elementary education: Teachers’ evaluations of creativity
Francisco Pérez-gonzálezIsabel TalayaRafael García Rossubject
Process (engineering)media_common.quotation_subjectSchool psychologyPrimary educationDiscriminant validityCreativityEducationDevelopmental psychologyPsychiatry and Mental healthRating scaleScale (social sciences)Developmental and Educational PsychologyGifted Rating ScalesPsychologymedia_commondescription
This study describes the importance of creativity in the identification of gifted elementary-aged children and presents the process of validating a scale for rating the creativity of the students through the teachers’ responses. The results show the instrument’s unifactorial structure, satisfactory levels of internal consistency, as well as convergent and discriminant validity. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for the work of school psychologists.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-02-07 | School Psychology International |