“Just What I Need”

Abstract

Little research exists on the nature of the interactions between gifted students and technology, specifically the phenomenon of gifted adolescents using Internet-based learning tools. This qualitative study explores how students use the Renzulli Learning System (RLS), an online educational profile with a matching database that provides enrichment resources. The student sample included nine identified gifted and talented seventh- and eighth-grade students in an urban school district in Connecticut. Most of the students had been using RLS for about 2 years. The students participated in an electronic questionnaire and were interviewed during two semistructured interviews. The research questions were centered on how the students were using RLS at school. Student answers suggested several themes regarding the effectiveness of RLS as a tool for school success, its engaging quality, and selective independence.

Investigación Bibliométrica en Aprendizaje Mediado por Tecnología con Alumnado de Altas Capacidades1,

“…En cuanto al campo, disciplina o área de conocimiento desde el que se realiza el texto destaca que casi la mitad de los trabajos se enmarcan en el campo de las Ciencias Sociales y aproximadamente un quinto del total en la Psicología, por tanto, casi tres cuartos de los documentos se construyen desde una vertiente psicoeducativa, lo que indica el interés y la respuesta que se está dando al alumnado con AACC desde la educación. El resto de documentos surgen de áreas tan diversas como las Artes y Humanidades (Swicord, Chancey, & Bruce-Davis, 2013), la Ingeniería (Chan et al, 2010) o Ciencias de la Computación (Periathiruvadi & Rinn, 2012).El uso de tecnología en las prácticas de enseñanza-aprendizaje de alumnado con AACC en las diferentes etapas educativas es una realidad, con trabajos centrados en la escuela Primaria (Black, 2014;Jun, Cho, & Kwak, 2005;Liu, 2004;Trumble, Farah, & Slykhuis, 2017), Secundaria (Jen & Moon, 2015;Lai, Wee, Sabaratnam, & Hegde, 2001;Lam & Lim, 2001;Ng & Nicholas, 2007;Steenbergen-Hu & Olszewski-Kubilius, 2017) y en la educación superior (Rowlinson, Stephan, & Maier, 2017).…”

An efficient, reliable and valid assessment for affective states during online learning

“…Previous research has indicated that online learning is especially suitable for gifted students 6 , 7 . Gifted students are defined as students with outstanding performance or potential in areas such as intelligence, specific academic aptitude, creativity, leadership, visual or performing arts, or psychomotor abilities 8 .…”

“…Gifted students often experience boredom in mainstream classrooms as the general curriculum are not challenging to them 9 . Online learning can meet gifted students’ needs by offering them opportunities to access advanced curricula that are unavailable in regular schools 6 , 7 .…”