Evaluation of Gifted and Talented Students' Reflective Thinking in Visual Arts Course

Mehmet Ali Genç

doi:10.13189/ujer.2016.040914

Abstract

The use of higher order thinking skills is necessary for the education of gifted and talented students in order to ensure that these students, who have development potential compared to their peers, use their capacities at maximum level. This study aims to present gifted and talented students' reflective thinking skills, one of the higher order thinking skills, in visual arts education. The study examines reflective thinking skills of gifted and talented students in a literature-assisted visual arts activity. The study adopts a qualitative approach and quasi-experimental design. The sample of the study consists of 12 students receiving education in the third grade. According to findings of the present study which uses teacher and student interview forms as data collection tools, the study concludes that students have demonstrated reflective thinking skills in the aspects of questioning, reasoning, and evaluation during the activity.

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Keywords Reflective Thinking, Giftedness, Gifted and Development higher order thinking skills has gained importance in preparing education programs which are intended for cultivating individuals who can keep up with changes of the modern age in which development and evolution are rapid
Reflective thinking is the thinking of an individual-at or after the moment of learning- about what and how much s/he has learned on the basis of what s/he has just learned and thinking deeply to decide on the new information to be learned by means of self-evaluation [3]
This study enables students to demonstrate their reflective thinking skills thanks to the activity prepared in line with reflective thinking skill which is one of the higher order skills

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Introduction

Each and every individual and society currently make some decisions about their future behaviors on the basis of their previous actions or by considering repeating the very same ones This situation appears in the field of education as it does in daily life. Dewey defines reflective thinking as the kind of thinking that consists in turning a subject over in the mind and giving it serious and consecutive consideration According to another definition, reflective thinking is the thinking of an individual-at or after the moment of learning- about what and how much s/he has learned on the basis of what s/he has just learned and thinking deeply to decide on the new information to be learned by means of self-evaluation [3]

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