Research Article

How can scientific talent be recognized in the early years? Validating a scientific talent test for pre-school age

Volume: 10 Number: 1 March 30, 2023
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How can scientific talent be recognized in the early years? Validating a scientific talent test for pre-school age

Abstract

Currently, there is no scientific talent test for preschool age. In the "Kleine BegInNa – Kleine begabt in Naturwissenschaften [small ones gifted in science]" project, such a test instrument was developed. It aims to determine scientific talent in pre-school. This is of particular relevance since subsequent support and promotion along with individual competences identified by this test can have a long-term positive effect on the later school performance of the children. Here, our test instrument structure is examined and checked in a comparative study with comparative tests of already validated intelligence instruments in a sample of 69 children aged between four and a half and six and a half years (nmale= 31; nfemale = 38) in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany. Almost all paired subtests (i.e., test pairs from the scientific talent test and equivalent subtests of existing intelligence diagnostics) positively correlate with each other. This indicates the validity of our scientific talent test. An exploratory factor analysis did not reveal any separation of individual competences areas from the scientific talent test subtests with respect to the internal structure, but all subtests load on the factor general scientific talent, with a variance clarification of 41.17%. Further studies are needed to confirm the test structure with a bigger and more inclusive sample.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Other Fields of Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Christoph Perleth This is me
Germany

Claudia Patricia Bueno Castellanos This is me
Germany

Hannes Lübcke This is me
Germany

Publication Date

March 30, 2023

Submission Date

December 18, 2022

Acceptance Date

February 21, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 10 Number: 1

APA
Schäfers, M. S., Perleth, C., Bueno Castellanos, C. P., Lübcke, H., & Wegner, C. (2023). How can scientific talent be recognized in the early years? Validating a scientific talent test for pre-school age. Journal of Gifted Education and Creativity, 10(1), 33-43. https://izlik.org/JA44RJ45HB
AMA
1.Schäfers MS, Perleth C, Bueno Castellanos CP, Lübcke H, Wegner C. How can scientific talent be recognized in the early years? Validating a scientific talent test for pre-school age. JGEDC. 2023;10(1):33-43. https://izlik.org/JA44RJ45HB
Chicago
Schäfers, Maria Sophie, Christoph Perleth, Claudia Patricia Bueno Castellanos, Hannes Lübcke, and Claas Wegner. 2023. “How Can Scientific Talent Be Recognized in the Early Years? Validating a Scientific Talent Test for Pre-School Age”. Journal of Gifted Education and Creativity 10 (1): 33-43. https://izlik.org/JA44RJ45HB.
EndNote
Schäfers MS, Perleth C, Bueno Castellanos CP, Lübcke H, Wegner C (March 1, 2023) How can scientific talent be recognized in the early years? Validating a scientific talent test for pre-school age. Journal of Gifted Education and Creativity 10 1 33–43.
IEEE
[1]M. S. Schäfers, C. Perleth, C. P. Bueno Castellanos, H. Lübcke, and C. Wegner, “How can scientific talent be recognized in the early years? Validating a scientific talent test for pre-school age”, JGEDC, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 33–43, Mar. 2023, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA44RJ45HB
ISNAD
Schäfers, Maria Sophie - Perleth, Christoph - Bueno Castellanos, Claudia Patricia - Lübcke, Hannes - Wegner, Claas. “How Can Scientific Talent Be Recognized in the Early Years? Validating a Scientific Talent Test for Pre-School Age”. Journal of Gifted Education and Creativity 10/1 (March 1, 2023): 33-43. https://izlik.org/JA44RJ45HB.
JAMA
1.Schäfers MS, Perleth C, Bueno Castellanos CP, Lübcke H, Wegner C. How can scientific talent be recognized in the early years? Validating a scientific talent test for pre-school age. JGEDC. 2023;10:33–43.
MLA
Schäfers, Maria Sophie, et al. “How Can Scientific Talent Be Recognized in the Early Years? Validating a Scientific Talent Test for Pre-School Age”. Journal of Gifted Education and Creativity, vol. 10, no. 1, Mar. 2023, pp. 33-43, https://izlik.org/JA44RJ45HB.
Vancouver
1.Maria Sophie Schäfers, Christoph Perleth, Claudia Patricia Bueno Castellanos, Hannes Lübcke, Claas Wegner. How can scientific talent be recognized in the early years? Validating a scientific talent test for pre-school age. JGEDC [Internet]. 2023 Mar. 1;10(1):33-4. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA44RJ45HB

JGEDC is one of approximately ten academic journals in the world that publish in the field of gifted education, and its editorial board includes some of the most prominent scholars in this field.