Giftedness in Lower Austria

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Giftedness in Lower Austria NÖ Landesakademie
(University of Graz)
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Me

• Sylvia Opriessnig

• Diploma Thesis (2009) Development of the
  Kindergarten-Talents-Test Testconstruction for
  the fields of intelligence, attention and
  social-emotional competence
• Dissertation (2013) Talente Check Elementary
  School Construction of an aptitude screening for
  3rd graders

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University of Graz

• Karl-Franzens-Universität

• Co-editor of Intelligence, Journal of Individual
  Differences, Diagnostica, High Ability Studies
• William Stern Award 1997

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Federal academy

• Landesakademie NÖ

• Think Tank of the government of Lower Austria
• Creation of new ideas
• Mediation between the federal goverment and
  research institutions

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Lower Austria

• Land Niederösterreich

• Largest state in Austria
• 19,186 km²
• 2nd largest population
• 1.6 Million inhabitants
• Capital Sankt Pölten
• Governor Erwin Pröll
• Austrians Peoples Party (ÖVP)

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Status Quo

• Diagnostics Talente Check

• Promotion Academy for gifted children

• Verbal, numerical, and figural intelligence
• Social-emotional competence
• Creativity
• Tacit knowledge
• Counselling

• Nature and technology
• Logics and maths
• Literature, philosophy, art
• Languages
• History and society

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Verbal and numerical intelligence

• Which word does not belong to the others?
• (A) Sower (B) Harrow (C) Milking machine (D)
  Plough (E) Mower

• Which number is next in line?

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Figural intelligence

• Which geometrical figure (A-E) results from
  combining the pieces in 158, 159 ... ?

E
C
D
A
B
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Creativity

• Symbol completion
• Clomplete the symbol creatively
• Unusual uses
• Find as many ways possible to use a COMB
• Remote consequences
• Explain how it came from the initial (left) to
  the final condition (right).

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Tacit knowledge

• In the following you will find problems of
  everyday life you may already have encountered.
• You are building up a tent. In which angle and
  depth would you drive the tent pegs into the
  soil?

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Social-emotional competence

• Try to understand the situation as deeply as
  possible and mark the reaction that you are most
  prone to
• A friend notices that your not feeling well and
  asks if she can help you
• I feel discomfort and understate the problem
• I feel embarassed and try to switch topics
• Im annoyed because of the intervention and
  refuse the help
• Im glad she notices how I feel and let her help
  me

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TC Profile
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Prospective developments

• Expansion of the TC
• Revision of the subtests
• Enhanced counselling
• Expansion to other age groups
• Expansion of the Academy for gifted children
• Stricter enrollment regulations
• Establishment of a coordination unit
• Parents, children, teachers, professionals
• www.land4talent.at

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Questions
Suggestions
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Thank you for your attention!