This paper provides an overview of recent research studies on perfectionism in the context of the changing conceptions of perfectionism as well as the development of new multidimensional perfectionism measures. The findings on the dimensionality and typology of perfectionism as well as the prevalence of perfectionism among gifted students have led to the conclusion that perfectionism can be dis...

A substantial sex difference in mathematical reasoning ability (score on the mathematics test of the Scholastic Aptitude Test) in favor of boys was found in a study of 9927 intellectually gifted junior high school students. Our data contradict the hypothesis that differential course-taking accounts for observed sex differences in mathematical ability, but support the hypothesis that these diffe...

Motivation is important for harnessing abilities and competencies, even if students are naturally or potentially gifted. This study used design thinking pedagogy as an innovative approach to motivate holistically learn attend school. Design acquire apply knowledge in a real situation that involves five stages: empathy, define, ideate, prototype, test. The was quantitative quasi-experimental wit...

The purpose of this study was to determine parental views about the multitask performances non-gifted students and gifted students, who were frequently said demonstrate directly or indirectly metacognitive abilities such as high intelligence, strong working memory capacity memory. An interview form used collect detailed information students’ in their daily lives, influence digital tools learnin...

Teachers play important roles in identifying and promoting gifted students. An open question is: Which student characteristics do teachers use to evaluate whether a is or not? We used data from representative sample of Dutch primary school ( N = 1,304) who were asked not they thought the students 26,720) their class gifted. investigated students’ cognitive noncognitive attributes as well demogr...

Talented students underachieve for many reasons and in many different circumstances. Unfortunately, there is no panacea for how to reverse underachievement in students whose talents are demonstrated in diverse ways. High-potential students with special needs are likely to experience underachievement as efforts to address their needs may focus more on remediation of difficulties and less on deve...

Gifted and talented students are known as highly potential students, who always seek for challenging educational circle to ensure such able make progress. Number of different reasons lead gifted students’ academic underachievement. Thus, there is a need develop strategies uplifting the underachieving intervention plan. The plan could differ from one student another. This study examines underach...