Soviet, Russian and Foreign Experience of Identifying Talented Students

Broad approaches for identifying gifted and talented students

This is one of the most commonly used methods of identification, and its effectiveness varies enormously. Identification of gifted and talented students improves when teachers are informed of the nature and purpose of the programme for gifted and talented students. Teachers are likely to support their judgments with the help of tools, such as checklists, teacher observation scales, and student ...

Identifying Talented Software Engineering Students through Data-driven Skill Assessment

For software development companies, one of the most important objectives is to identify and acquire talented software engineers in order to maintain a skilled team that can produce competitive products. Traditional approaches for finding talented young software engineers are mainly through programming contests of various forms which mostly test participants’ programming skills. However, success...

Gifted and talented students

Training of Foreign Students in the Academic Russian Letter

For the foreign student it is very important to own skills of the academic letter. It is an important indicator of professional and research competence of the student. The mobility of foreign graduates of the Russian higher education institutions depends on their level of proficiency in the academic Russian letter as communications between the educational and scientific organizations extend at ...

Talented Students and Resilient At-Risk Students: Similarities and Differences

This study compared academically talented students (n = 23) who were not at risk for school failure and resilient at-risk students (n = 27) on risk factors and protective/promotive factors. Participants’ risk status was determined by student assignment. The academically talented students were attending a summer program at a major research university and the at-risk students were graduates of a ...