PROFILE OF STUDENTS WITH HIGH SKILLS/GIFTS

Abstract

The present study, with a quali-quantitative approach, described the profile of students with high abilities/giftedness (AH/SD). Eleven students, ten parents and seven teachers participated in it. The following instruments were used: List of items for observation in the classroom; Raven's test; WISC-III; School Performance Test (TDE); School grades; Scale for Assessing Behavioral Characteristics of Students with Higher Abilities (SRBCSS) and Checklist of Characteristics Associated with Giftedness (CCAS). Among the instruments, the List of items for observation in the classroom, answered by the teachers, shows the most important tool in the identification of signs of AH/SD. Academic performance was shown to be high in school grades, but they were not confirmed in the TDE. Parents were able to observe many AH/SD characteristics in their children in the CCAS and, in the SRBCSS, teachers identified more characteristics of creativity, motivation and leadership. Of the established criteria, 63% of the students reached seven of them. The importance of multimodal assessment is emphasized, as when defining the profile of these students, their greatest skills and difficulties can be found, providing a teaching that is more suited to their needs.