EPTS Curriculum Model in the Education of Gifted Students

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ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA, cilt.32, sa.3, ss.683-694, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.6018/analesps.32.3.259441
  • Dergi Adı: ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.683-694
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Gifted Education, acceleration, EPTS, Gifted curriculum, PROGRAMS
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this article, the author reviews the EPTS Model (Education Programs for Talented Students) and discuss how it was developed through multiple stages, the ways it is used to develop programs for gifted students, and then presents research carried out on the effectiveness of this model in the education of gifted students. The EPTS Model has two dimensions: ability and content. The ability dimension has a hierarchical structure composed of three levels of cognitive skills. The content dimension is the extension of the regular curriculum but organized at four levels: data, concept, generalization and theory. Included in the article also is a brief critics of the current state of curricular programs in gifted education.