Psychopedagogical characteristics and educational strategy for children with high capacities for reasoning and learning in San Ramón, Alajuela, Costa Rica

 

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Autores: Méndez Barrantes, Zayra, Sandoval Poveda, Alicia
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2011
Descripción:This study’s main objectifs were to identify children with high capacities for reasoning and learning from a constructivist point of view, to describe their psychopedagogical characteristics and to elaborate an educational strategy to attend their needs. Two tests, André Rey’s Six Minutes Written Vocabulary and Mathematical Reasoning were applied to fourth grade students of 5 schools belonging to different administrative categories. From a methodological perspective this study is a combination of cuantitative analysis (deciles) and qualitative design (analysis of interviews of children and teachers). Deciles were calculated for each of the groups and for the whole population. The results of the children in these tests were the basis for the identification of the students with higher abilities for reasoning, students situated from decile 8 to 10 were selected. These children were interviewed and asked to make a spontaneous drawing. A guide to observe them in class was given to the teachers, to obtain additional information about them. In order to help the teachers offer them the best learning situations, comprehensible, friendly documents were written on three themes: what is a student with high capacity for reasoning and learning, how to help these students obtain better comprehension in Mathematics and how to stimulate students for better reading and writing abilites. Important conclusions of this study are: 7,07% of the children were identified as with high learning and reasoning abilites. Among their psychopedagogical characteristics may be named the fact that they do not use reading as a recreative or academic tool and that they do not employ writing or drawing to express their interests in life. Another important result of this study is the fact that it is necessary to train teachers for better identification and academic attention to these children.
País:Portal de Revistas UNED
Institución:Universidad Estatal a Distancia
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNED
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/203
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/203
Palabra clave:Learning ability
mathematical reasoning
written vocabulary
decile analysis
talent identification.
Capacidad de aprendizaje
razonamiento matemático
vocabulario escrito
análisis por deciles
identificación de talento.