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Pedagogical diagnosis of gifted students

Written by Carmen Jiménez Fernández

The present study analyses different theroretical conceptualizations of gifted students and their projection on the pedagogical diagnosis, focusing on the specific problems of diagnosis and on the two more widely used instruments: psychometric tests and experts judgement. The second part of this article offers the results of a research on gifted preschool and primary students. These outcomes reveal not only the superiority of this group of students in intelligence, but also in their short and long term achievement, self-concept scores and in the teachers´appreciation. Conclusions will also be offered on the low ceiling effect of the McArthy Scales (MSCA) when it identifies preschool children with high abilities, the relative effectiveness of the set of instruments used, and the suitability of using them as complementary. Carmen Jiménez Fernández Key words: Gifted Students, Ceiling Effect, Pedagogical Diagnosis of Giftedness, Effectiveness, Complementarity of Instruments. Buy Por una parte, que estos alumnos míos destacan en las pruebas de capacidad, rendimiento y autoconcepto así como en las valoraciones del profesorado; por otra, que la prueba de MacArthy aplicada en preescolar parece adolecer del “efecto techo”, y que el conjunto de los instrumentos utilizados presentan una eficacia relativa por lo que se aconseja aplicarlos con carácter complementario, Carmen Jiménez Fernández. Descriptores: Alumnos superdotados, Efecto techo, Diagnóstico pedagógico de la puperdotación, Eficacia, Complementariedad de los instrumentos diagnósticos. Comprar