ABSTRACT

Although writers have advocated a shift from the gifted child to a talent development paradigm, changes in methods for identifying and cultivating talent in STEM are needed. We present evidence that using a talent development paradigm supported by differentiation with an organicist rather than a mechanistic perspective was effective in identifying and cultivating potential innovators in STEM while also increasing the diversity of students identified. Exceptional talent was defined as having three components integrating the constructs of intelligence and creativity: (a) solving complex problems, (b) solving varied types of problems, and (c) having a complex and integrated knowledge structure in the domains assessed. Practices consistent with the talent development and differentiation paradigms include using measures of problem solving in different domains to create profiles and providing programs to engage all students in solving real-world problems.

摘要

尽管作家们提倡从天才儿童转向人才发展模式，但识别和培养 STEM 人才的方法仍然需要改变。我们提出的证据表明，使用由有机论而不是机械论观点进行差异化支持的人才发展范式可以有效地识别和培养 STEM 领域的潜在创新者，同时还可以增加所识别学生的多样性。杰出人才被定义为具有整合智力和创造力的三个组成部分：（a）解决复杂问题，（b）解决不同类型的问题，以及（c）在评估的领域拥有复杂且综合的知识结构。