RESEARCH ON HIGH ABILITIES: TRENDS AND METHODOLOGICAL OPTIONS

Abstract

The knowledge about high ability students has implied the development of several studies on the subject. The main goal of this paper is to present a bibliographic research, regarding research interests and typology of studies carried out. So, a search for empirical studies published in 2018 was conducted in 3 journals of the specialty, namely, High Ability Studies, Talincrea [Talent, Intelligence and Creativity] and Sobredotação [Giftedness]. Through the search 31 articles were found, which were examined using content analysis, considering two main categories: Themes of the studies and Research methods used. The collected data
showed the existence of different topics studied related mainly to Characterisation and Intervention, as well as different methodological processes adopted in the research, prevailing the quantitative research. This study revealed that, in gifted education, qualitative research is valued, but the majority of scientific contributions are from quantitative research.