Parent or guardian characteristics and talented students’ persistence in STEM 1

Almarode, John; Subotnik, Rena F.; Dabney, Katherine P.; Crowe, E. A.; Tai, Robert H.; Kolar, Christopher

doi:10.4324/9781315697147-4

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“…Moreover, parental involvement had the strongest influence on gifted students' science achievement during high school (Cho & Campbell, 2010). Regarding STEM in general, Almarode et al (2018) indicated that a parent's career in a STEM field was associated with their child's early interest in STEM subjects and later influenced their completion of a STEM degree.…”

Section: Talent Developmentmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Second, the model defines giftedness and talent in a way we consider has relevance in Finnish society; it is important to acknowledge that gifted students need opportunities to develop into talented students, who could continue cultivating their talent also in their future careers. Third, the model has been used frequently in previous research (e.g., Ahmad et al, 2014; Bannister-Tyrrell, 2017; Phelps, 2022; So et al, 2020), and we wished to continue with this tradition to see how our findings in the Finnish context reflect the model components. Finally, we were aware of the later adjustments that have been made to the DMGT (e.g., Gagné, 2015, 2021); however, the updates do not substantially differ from the version 2.0 with regards to the components that are in the scope of this study.…”

Section: Talent Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Factors That Help or Hinder the Development of Talent in Physics: A Qualitative Study of Gifted Finnish Upper Secondary School Students

Makkonen

Lavonen

Tirri

2022

Journal of Advanced Academics

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This qualitative study examined factors that gifted Finnish upper secondary school physics students ( N = 24) identified as helping or hindering their talent development in physics. In-depth interviews captured students’ descriptions of critical incidents regarding their physics talent development at home, school, and in leisure time. The results show that most of the critical experiences the students identified were related to fostering talent development. Parental physics-specific support, motivated and gifted peers, digital and traditional physics-related media, certain teacher characteristics, and some instruction- and curriculum-based opportunities were among the factors the students considered supportive. The results also reveal several factors relating to family, school, and leisure time that hinder talent development. Moreover, the analysis highlights the students’ low interest in physics competitions. The findings can be used by administrators, teachers, and parents to identify the opportunities that best support the talent development of gifted physics students.

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Section: Talent Developmentmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Talent Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors That Help or Hinder the Development of Talent in Physics: A Qualitative Study of Gifted Finnish Upper Secondary School Students

Makkonen

Lavonen

Tirri

2022

Journal of Advanced Academics

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“…Drawing from Bronfenbrenner (2005) and Bronfenbrenner and Morris (2006), factors external to a talented individual can influence whether the expression of talent is valued and developed or denied. Early experiences with artists, athletes, or scientists result in advanced familiarity with doing well in those domains (Almarode et al, 2017;Olszewski-Kubilius et al, 2017). Schools can either reinforce the value placed by families on sport, academics, or music -or not.…”

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Environmental Factors and Personal Characteristics Interact to Yield High Performance in Domains

2019

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“…Comparing the two groups of experts, their views on all three aspects of cultural EC were similar. Concerning the influence of family, previous studies showed that parents’ careers in a STEMM field could influence their children's later achievement in STEMM 88 . In addition, parents’ work ethics and attitudes affected their children's values and attitudes 89 .…”

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Developing eminence in STEMM: An interview study with talent development and STEMM experts

Luo

Stoeger

2023

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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In the present day, we need outstanding scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and medical science researchers more than ever to solve the world's most pressing issues, such as climate change, water contamination, and cyber security. Naturally, we ask the question: What does it take to develop eminence in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical science (STEMM)? To answer this question, we interviewed two relevant groups of experts: 14 talent development researchers and 14 STEMM experts. The interview questions were developed based on the theoretical framework of the Actiotope Model of Giftedness and the related educational and learning capital approach that differentiates five types of exogenous resources (educational capital) and five types of endogenous resources (learning capital) that feed into talent development toward eminence. The results show that all types of capital were regarded as important by the experts for developing eminence in STEMM. However, there were also differences. We describe the educational and learning capital that talent development researchers and STEMM experts considered to be important for talent development in STEMM, as well as the similarities and differences between the two groups. K E Y W O R D S expert interview, qualitative research, STEMM education, talent developmentWe need excellent scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and medical science researchers more than ever to solve the world's most pressing issues, such as pandemics, climate change, water contamination, and cyber security. What does it take to develop excellence and eminence in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical science (STEMM)? To answer this question, we decided to turn to two groups of experts: talent researchers and STEMM experts.We selected the first group of experts, talent researchers, because they have devoted their careers to studying talent development and giftedness. Over the decades, researchers have been interested in exceptional individuals, such as Nobel Laureates, eminent scientists

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Parent or guardian characteristics and talented students’ persistence in STEM 1

Cited by 5 publications

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Factors That Help or Hinder the Development of Talent in Physics: A Qualitative Study of Gifted Finnish Upper Secondary School Students

Factors That Help or Hinder the Development of Talent in Physics: A Qualitative Study of Gifted Finnish Upper Secondary School Students

Environmental Factors and Personal Characteristics Interact to Yield High Performance in Domains

Developing eminence in STEMM: An interview study with talent development and STEMM experts

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