Abstract

COSTA, Maira Maria da; BIANCHP, Alessandra Sant’Anna  and  SANTOS, Márcia Melo de Oliveira. CHARACTERISTICS OF GIFTED CHIIDREN: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Rev. bras. educ. espec. [online]. 2022, vol.28, e0121.  Epub Nov 23, 2021. ISSN 1980-5470.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-54702022v28e0121.

This systematic review study aimed to identify the characteristics of gifted children. Inclusion criteria were: scientific articles on empirical research published in the period from 2010 to 2019, whose participants were gifted children under 12 years old, and the evaluation of giftedness should have, at least, one intelligence test associated with other instruments. The exclusion criteria were: no group consisting of only gifted children, no exclusive results presented to gifted children, or the group of gifted children have participants with double exceptionality, physical or sensory disabilities. The search for articles was made in Scopus and Web of Science databases in January 2020 and SciELO.org in April 2020. Twenty-nine articles were analyzed, grouped into five categories. The results are presented in narrative synthesis, and confirm the heterogeneous feature of giftedness. Most articles explored characteristics of children’s cognition and identification and assessment processes. Among the main limitations are the obtaining of articles with repeated authors and incomplete obtaining of potentially relevant articles. This research contributes to the visibility of the characteristics of gifted children, with a general and broad focus.

Keywords : Person with special needs; Special education; Inclusion; Aptitudes; Intelligence.

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