Nordic Publications in Gifted Education

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This publication list will be updated periodically. (Network members: Please send additional Nordic gifted education research literature references to cathrine.andersson-busch@kau.se

Nordic Gifted Education Literature List

  • Campbell, J., Cho, S., & Tirri, K. (2017). Mathematics and science Olympiad studies: The outcomes of Olympiads and contributing factors to talent development of Olympians.  International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 5(1), August, and 5(2), December.
  • J. A. Campbell, E. Idsøe & I. Størksen (2022) Screening for Potential, Assessing for Achievement: A Study of Instrument Validity for Early Identification of High Academic Potential in Norway, Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2022.2042735 (open access)
  • Cosmovici, E. M.,Idsoe, T., Bru, E., & Munthe, E. (2009). Perceptions of learning environment and on‐task orientation among students reporting different achievement levels: A study conducted among Norwegian secondary school students. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 53(4), 379-396, DOI: 10.1080/00313830903043174 
  • Henshon, S. E. (2019). An international perspective on gifted education: An interview with Kirsi Tirri, Roeper Review, 41(4), 221-223, DOI: 10.1080/02783193.2019.1660942
  • Idsøe, E. C. & Skogen, K.  Spesialpedagogikk for barn med stort læringspotensial
  • E. C. Idsøe, J. Campbell, T. Idsøe & I. Størksen (2021) Development and psychometric properties of nomination scales for high academic potential in early childhood education and care, European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, DOI: 10.1080/1350293X.2021.2007969 (open access)
  • Kuusisto, E., & Tirri, K. (2015). Disagreements in working as a team: A case study of gifted1 science students. Revista de Educación, 368, Abril-Junio 279-303. DOI: 10.4438/1988-592X-RE-2015-368-287
  • Laine, S., Hotulainen, R., & Tirri, K. Finnish elementary school teachers’ attitudes toward gifted education. Roeper Review.
  • Laine, S., Kuusisto, E., & Tirri,K. (2016). Finnish teachers’ conceptions of giftedness.
  • Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 39(2), 151 –167.
  • Laine, S., & Tirri,K. (2016). How Finnish elementary school teachers meet the needs of their gifted students, High Ability Studies, 27(2), 149-164, DOI: 10.1080/13598139.2015.1108185
  • Laine, S., & Tirri,K. (2017). Ethical challenges in inclusive education: The case of gifted students. Ethics, Equity, and Inclusive Education. International Perspectives on Inclusive Education, 9, 239-257
  • Makkonen, T. (2023). Talent development of gifted physics-oriented students in the Finnish general upper secondary school. Helsinki Studies in Education No. 162. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Helsinki]. UH Digital Repository Helda. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-51-9000-0  
  • Makkonen, T., Lavonen, J., & Tirri, K. (2019). General and physics-specific mindsets about intelligence and giftedness: A study of gifted Finnish upper-secondary-school students and physics teachers. International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 7(1&2), 39–52. https://www.ijtdc.net/index.php/e-copies/ijtdc-7-1-2-2019 
  • Makkonen, T., Lavonen, J., & Tirri, K. (2022). Self-evaluated multiple intelligences of gifted upper-secondary-school physics students in Finland. Roeper Review, 44(1), 19–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/02783193.2021.2005205 
  • Makkonen, T., Lavonen, J., & Tirri, K. (2022). Factors that help or hinder the development of talent in physics: A qualitative study of gifted Finnish upper secondary school students. Journal of Advanced Academics, 33(4), 507–539. https://doi.org/10.1177/1932202X221111828 
  • Makkonen, T., Lavonen, J., & Tirri, K. (2023). Actualizing talent in physics: A qualitative study of gifted Finnish upper-secondary-school physics students. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 46(1), 3–33. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01623532221143819    
  • Margrain, V., & Lundqvist, J. (2019). Talent development in preschool curriculum and policies: Implicit recognition of young gifted children. Challenging democracy in early childhood education: International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development, 28, (pp. 41-55). Springer.
  • Smedsrud, J. (2018) Mathematically gifted accelerated students participating in an ability group: a qualitative interview study. Frontiers in Psychology. 09. 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01359.     DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01359 (open access).
  • Smedsrud, J., Nordahl-Hansen, A., Idsøe, E. M., Ulvund, S. E., Idsøe, T., & Lang-Ree, O. C. (2018): The associations between math achievement and perceived relationships in school among high intelligent versus average adolescents. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2018.1476406.
  • Jørgen Smedsrud, Anders Nordahl-Hansen, Ella Maria Idsøe, Stein Erik Ulvund, Thormod Idsøe & Ole Christian Lang-Ree (2019) The Associations Between Math Achievement and Perceived Relationships in School Among High Intelligent Versus Average Adolescents, Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 63:7, 1041-1055, DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2018.1476406
  • Tirri, K. (2011). Combining excellence and ethics: Implications for moral education for the gifted. Roeper Review, 33, 1–6. DOI: 10.1080/02783193.2011.530207
  • Tirri, K. The hacker ethic for gifted scientists.
  • Tirri, K., Tolppanen, S., Aksela, M., & Kuusisto, E.. (2012). A cross-cultural study of gifted students’ scientific, societal, and moral questions concerning science. Education Research International, aticle ID 673645. DOI:10.1155/2012/673645
  • Tirri, K., & Ubani, M.  How do gifted girls perceive the meaning of life?

 

  • Hammer Smedsrud, Jørgen; Nordahl-Hansen, Anders & Idsøe, Ella Maria Cosmovici (2022) Mathematically Gifted Students’ Experience With Their Teachers’ Mathematical Competence and Boredom in School: A Qualitative Interview Study, Frontiers in Psychology, 13 Doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.876350
  • Simensen, Anita & Olsen, Mirjam Harkestad. (2024). Gifted Students' Actualization of a Rich Task's Mathematical Potential When Working in Small Groups. Education Sciences. 14. 16. 10.3390/educsci14020151.

 

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Recommended Journals

Search amongst the following journals (and wider) for articles with a Nordic gifted education focus:

  • Exceptional Children
  • Gifted and Talented International
  • Gifted Child Quarterly
  • High Ability Studies
  • Journal for the Education of the Gifted
  • Journal of Advanced Academics
  • Learning and Individual Differences
  • Review of Educational Research
  • Review of Research in Education
  • Roeper Review
  • Scandinavian Journal of Education
  • Nordic Studies in Education
  • Australian Journal of Gifted Education
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