DOI: 10.5176/2251-1865_CBP18.7
Authors: Yan Kong, Fen Zhu, Benny Y.C. Hon
Abstract: The study aims at proving that pattern recognition is a key factor in the identification of mathematically gifted children. The identification tools include one questionnaire for parents on the behavior of their children (N=212) in childhood stage and three tests for evaluating memory, computing, and pattern recognition ability of their children in mathematics. The nested structure of the data including demographic variables as controls were analyzed based on our recently developed theoretical framework on giftedness. Findings showed that: i) pattern recognition ability was a core variable to distinguish mathematically gifted children in the discriminant function; ii) memory and computing were important auxiliary variables respectively.
Keywords:pattern recognition, mathematically gifted children
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