Education programs for talented students model (EPTS) and its effectiveness on gifted students' mathematical creativity

Bu makalede Üstün Yetenekliler Eğitim Programları modeli (ÜYEP) ve programın üstün yetenekli öğrencilerin matematiksel yaratıcılıkları üzerindeki etkisi incelenmiştir. ÜYEP, üstün yetenekli ilköğretim öğrencilerine yönelik üniversite tabanlı, altı bileşenli bir programdır. Programın etkisi, tek grup öntest-sontest araştırma tasarımı kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Araştırma grubunu, ÜYEP tanılama sistemi ile matematik ve fen bilimleri alanlarında üstün yetenekli olarak tanılanan ve 6. ve 7. sınıflara devam eden 102 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Araştırma, ÜYEP bahar ve yaz dönemlerini kapsamış, öğrenciler bu süreçte ÜYEP modeline göre matematik eğitimi almışlardır. Araştırma, ÜYEP matematik eğitiminin öğrencilerin matematik alanında akıcı düşünme, esnek düşünme ve yaratıcı düşünme yetenekleri üzerinde orta ve yüksek düzeyde etkisinin olduğunu ortaya koymuştur.

Üstün yetenekliler eğitim programları modeli (ÜYEP)ve üstün yetenekli öğrencilerin matematiksel yaratıcılıkları üzerindeki etkisi

The purpose of this article is to present an overview of the Education Programs for Talented Students (EPTS) and their effectiveness on gifted students mathematical creativity. The EPTS is a university-based, six-component program model. Its effectiveness was investigated using one-group pretest-posttest research design. Participants included 102 sixth and seventh-grade gifted students in middle schools in a mid-western city in Turkey and who were identified to be talented in mathematics and science by the EPTS identification system. Findings showed the EPTS mathematics instruction had medium to large effects on students fluency, flexibility and creativity in mathematics after attending the spring and summer programs of the EPTS. Results of the two-year research studies imply that the EPTS is an effective, new program model in the education of gifted students.

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