Abstract

PABA BARBOSA, Carmelina; CERCHIARO CEBALLOS, Elda  and  SANCHEZ CASTELLON, Ligia. Identification of students with high skills in the District of Santa Marta, Colombia. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2008, vol.7, n.1, pp. 251-262. ISSN 1657-9267.

The present article is centered in the identification and students’ characterization with High Intellectual Capacities in students of the grades X and XI of Institutions Educational officials of Santa Marta’s District. The selection of the sample was made assisting to postulation approaches on the part of educational and students of the mentioned grades and psychological evaluation, of which 22 students were selected distributed this way: 8 with High Intellectual Abilities and 14 with Academic Talents. The results hurtled by this study allowed to approach to a characterization and the achievement of a bigger understanding of the psychological particularities of these youths what facilitates the construction of in agreement intervention strategies with the detected characteristics.

Keywords : High capacities; Intellectual on-endowment; Academic talent; Academic achievement; Achievement tests; Intelligence tests.

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