Olympics of the mind as a method to identify giftedness: Soviet and Russian experience

The history of Olympics of the mind in the former USSR, now Russia, can be connected to the entire system of identifying and fostering giftedness within the country. The development of educational opportunities for the gifted has reflected the country's practical needs in stimulating research a...

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Published in:Learning and individual differences 2010-08, Vol.20 (4), p.337-344
Main Author: Ushakov, Dmitry V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Competition
Correlation
Creativity
Educational Opportunities
Foreign Countries
Gifted
Giftedness
Identification
Ideology
Intelligence Tests
Mathematics Achievement
Olympics of mind
Personality Measures
Russia
Scores
Technological Advancement
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Summary:The history of Olympics of the mind in the former USSR, now Russia, can be connected to the entire system of identifying and fostering giftedness within the country. The development of educational opportunities for the gifted has reflected the country's practical needs in stimulating research and advancing technologically, as well as for major ideological requirements. A research done on over 800 participants in the final round of a Moscow intellectual competition is reported. Tests assessing intelligence, creativity, and personality were administered. The consistency of Olympics' results scales is found to be weak. The APM score correlation with Olympics' results, even in mathematics, did not exceed the value of r = .30.
ISSN:1041-6080
1873-3425
DOI:10.1016/j.lindif.2010.04.012