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How Do Preservice Teachers Conceptualize Giftedness? A Metaphor Analysis
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Olthouse, Jill – Roeper Review, 2014
One hundred twenty-four undergraduate education majors completed the phrase "a gifted student is ______ " using a metaphor and then explained their choice of metaphor. Qualitative metaphor analysis influenced by Dai's (2009) essential tensions determined that preservice teachers conceive of giftedness as rapid memorization of content…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Academically Gifted, Student Teacher Attitudes