La detección de altas capacidades por parte de los progenitores, ¿Es exacta su apreciación?[Is the Detection of High Capacities by Parents, is your Appreciation Accurate?]

Abstract

Nomination of students with high abilities is the first step to be able to start the process, giving way later to a diagnosis of high capacities and the proposal of educational response adapted to their capacities and needs. In the present study, the criteria of the parents are compared by qualitative methodology to consider that their son or daughter has high intellectual abilities, comparing the answers given by those who believed that their children had high intelligence (IQ score equal to or less than 116). against which the intelligence score of their children is higher than an IQ of 130. The answers have been analyzed with the software ALCESTE, which analyzes the co-occurrences by proximity, using the statistic Ji square. In both groups, three classes are given, with different contents, both coinciding in the ease of solving problems or reasoning, but while in the first group they are based on aspects more related to the teaching environment (detection by teachers or boredom), those of the group with the highest IQ are based on knowledge of their higher score and previous attendance at programs for outstanding. We conclude that it is important to inform the parent population about contrasting indicators of existence of high capacities.

Detecting outstanding students for projection in academic competitions

“…It is important to implement instruments for screening, evaluating and refining them. The process begins with the nomination of students with outstanding abilities, followed by the assessment of these abilities and the formulation of an educational response specifically designed to meet their needs and abilities (Valadez Sierra, et al, 2020). In addition, it is necessary to implement actions that allow the identification of possible factors that impact on student performance and raise educational quality, and that enable an institution to develop a strategy to enhance the academic performance of its students (Yusof et al, 2022).…”