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Giftedness in Lower Austria – NÖ Landesakademie –

(University of Graz)

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Me

Sylvia Opriessnig

• Diploma Thesis (2009): „Development of the Kindergarten-Talents-Test: Testconstruction for the fields of intelligence, attention and social-

emotional competence“• Dissertation (2013):

„Talente Check Elementary School: Construction of an

aptitude screening for 3rd graders“

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University of Graz

Karl-Franzens-Universität

• Co-editor of: Intelligence, Journal of Individual Differences, Diagnostica, High Ability Studies

• William Stern Award 1997

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Federal academy

Landesakademie NÖ

• Think Tank of the government of Lower Austria– Creation of new ideas – Mediation between the

federal goverment and research institutions

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Lower Austria

Land Niederösterreich

• Largest state in Austria– 19,186 km²

• 2nd largest population– 1.6 Million inhabitants

• Capital: Sankt Pölten• Governor: Erwin Pröll

– Austrians Peoples Party (ÖVP)

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Status Quo

Diagnostics: Talente Check

• Verbal, numerical, and figural intelligence

• Social-emotional competence

• Creativity• Tacit knowledge Counselling

Promotion: Academy for gifted children

• Nature and technology

• Logics and maths• Literature, philosophy,

art• Languages• History and society

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• Which word does not belong to the others?

(A) Sower (B) Harrow (C) Milking machine (D) Plough (E) Mower

Verbal and numerical intelligence

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• Which number is next in line?

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Figural intelligence• Which geometrical figure (A-E) results from

combining the pieces in 158, 159 [...] ?

E C D A B

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• Symbol completion– Clomplete the symbol creatively

• Unusual uses– Find as many ways possible to use a COMB

• Remote consequences– Explain how it came from the initial (left) to the

final condition (right).

Creativity

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• In the following you will find problems of everyday life you may already have encountered.

You are building up a tent. In which angle and depth would you drive the tent pegs into the soil?

Tacit knowledge

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• Try to understand the situation as deeply as possible and mark the reaction that you are most prone to

A friend notices that your not feeling well and asks if she can help youo I feel discomfort and understate the problemo I feel embarassed and try to switch topicso I‘m annoyed because of the intervention and refuse

the helpo I‘m glad she notices how I feel and let her help me

Social-emotional competence

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TC Profile

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• Expansion of the TC– Revision of the subtests– Enhanced counselling– Expansion to other age groups

• Expansion of the Academy for gifted children– Stricter enrollment regulations

• Establishment of a coordination unit– Parents, children, teachers, professionals– www.land4talent.at

Prospective developments

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Questions …

Suggestions …

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Thank you for your attention!