This paper describes the application of the Odisseia enrichment program in
high ability students. This program was applied during two academic years
and its theoretical framework is based on Renzulli´s school enrichment model.
The experimental group included 64 students selected by their high cognitive
aptitudes and school achievement (80 percentile) on the other hand, 94
students from the same school grade have been taken to integrate the comparison
group. On reasoning tests both groups increased their performance
from pre to post-test, despite the higher increment of experimental group
students in some of those subtests, this was not statistically significant. On
creativity tests, the experimental group increased from pre to pos-test on
originality and elaboration parameters in the figural tasks, but these gains
were not verified on verbal tasks. These results may suggest a larger impact
of the program on contents less assumed by the academic curriculum (figural
versus verbal) and on creativity dimensions more related with originality than
with fluency or flexibility.
Authors
Miranda, Lúcia
Almeida, Leandro S.
Pereira, Marcelino
Almeida, António
Other Author(s)
Universidade de Coimbra. Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação (ed. lit.)
