3.3.5 Openness to Experience and Overexcitability: Same, Similar, or Different?

Are overexcitabilities and Openness to Experience the same, similar, or different? This presentation will begin with a brief overview of the research, addressing where the two concepts may overlap in both theory and practice. Data collected from highly gifted middle school students will shed some light on how the two concepts might work in tandem.

Author(s):

Shelagh Gallagher
sagallag1@gmail.com
Engaged Education
United States

Dr. Shelagh A. Gallagher is an education consultant with Engaged Education; she has spent her career advocating for gifted students. Previously, Dr. Gallagher taught and researched at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, The College of William and Mary Center for Gifted Education, and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. She is an award-winning curriculum writer and has published research in areas including science persistence, the efficacy of Problem-Based Learning, and personality attributes of gifted students. Dr. Gallagher is a US delegate to the World Council. Every summer, Dr. Gallagher spends time with gifted youth at Camp Yunasa.