Enrichment Studies in Gifted Education: A Bibliometric Analysis with RStudio
Abstract
Gifted students are exceptional learners who need differentiated education. Enrichment is the most prevalent differentiation strategy including supplementation learning experiences of the depth, breadth, or intensity of content and process as appropriate to the student’s abilities and needs. Given the importance of assuring such education, the aim of this study is to investigate the trends related to enrichment in recent years by focusing on the bibliometric results of previous studies in the literature on enrichment in gifted education. For this goal, a total of 296 publications on enrichment gathered from Scopus and Web of Science databases were analyzed in terms of different bibliometric variables, and they were presented with visuals and tables. The PRISMA model was used for data collection and RStudio was employed for data analysis and image/table creation. The results of the study showed that the most frequently used keywords in research in both databases were “enrichment program” and “gifted students”. In both databases, the countries that had the highest number of publications were determined as USA and Germany. Furthermore, it was also determined that the top three most cited authors in scientific creativity studies in both databases were Joseph Renzulli, Sally M. Reis, and Marcia Gentry. The highest number of published contributions to the field was made by the University of Connecticut and Purdue University. The most active journals in the field are Gifted Education International and Roeper Review. Researchers interested in enrichment for gifted students can benefit from the results of the present study.
Keywords
bibliometric analysis, differentation, enrcihment, gifted education
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