Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Below you will find a compilation of graduate theses and dissertations related to gifted education and talent development. To include your thesis/dissertation or the work of one of your recent students, please click here.
The following list is arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically by name.
2023
Hock, M. L. (2022). Teaching gifted learners: Mapping opportunities in pre-service training (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. https://libraetd.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/5x21tg525
2022
Makikalli, A. (2022). Gifted female voices: Perceptions of differentiation in secondary and higher education (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA. https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/2065/
2021
- Dodds, B. M. (2021). Development of a scale to measure school psychologists’ self-efficacy for working with gifted populations (Doctoral Dissertation). Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/diss/200/
- Van Gerven, E. (2021). Raising the bar. The competencies of specialists in gifted education (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium. https://documentserver.uhasselt.be/handle/1942/33248
2020
- Arnstein, K. B. (2020). How parents, teachers, psychologists, and educational environments influence developmental transitions of preadolescent twice-exceptional students. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA. https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/1715/
- Clark, T. T. (2020). College choice decisions: An analysis of university honors students (Doctoral Dissertation). Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/diss/184/
- Heming, A. L. (2020). Research into practice: Exploring teacher practices with young gifted learners (Specialist Project). Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/3193
- Rouaud, E. (2020). Élèves doués et expérience scolaire : le point de vue d’élèves doués, en 2e cycle du secondaire, scolarisés en classe de douance (Master’s Thesis). Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, CANADA. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/24562
2019
2018
- Lynch, M. C. (2018). Educator perceptions of gifted English language learners (Specialist Project). Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2088/
- Sheffield, J. S. (2018). Teacher attitudes towards gifted education in rural school districts (Specialist Project). Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2077/
- Wong, M. (2018). New interpretations of giftedness in early years: Looking through the lens of social constructionism (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/16352
2016
- Burger-Veltmeijer, A.E.J. (2016). Students with (suspicion of) IG+ASD: A study aimed at understanding the phenomenon of Intellectual Giftedness in co-occurrence with Autism Spectrum Disorder in relation to (needs-based) assessment (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. https://www.rug.nl/research/portal/en/publications/students-with-suspicion-of-igasd(4d94477d-2290-4b76-82ab-2ec618df5ba7).html
- Boran, M. (2016). The investigation of the perceived problem solving skills of the gifted and talented students in terms of their metacognitive awareness and critical thinking disposition (Master’s Thesis). Mersin University, Institute of Educational Sciences, Mersin, Turkey. https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/TezGoster?key=cbOXH84ZayrLjc0tI-QXKr-OnvAFKlvIuaId-Fj4zsu0T0ZTt66-69KXoiO20ffj
- Roege, G. B. (2016). Experience, time, and opportunity: An exploratory case study regarding the artistic journeys of middle school adolescents and their perceptions of the influence of environmental factors on the development of their visual art talent in rural Montana communities (Doctoral Dissertation). College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.21220/W4X59V
2015
- Miller, G. O. (2015). Academic success amongst a cohort of gifted and talented Māori and Pasifika secondary school boys: Elements that have contributed to their achievement (Doctoral Thesis). The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/handle/10289/9779
- Vuyk, M. A. (2015). Openness to experience rather than overexcitabilities (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA. https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/24126/Vuyk_ku_0099D_14800_DATA_1.pdf;jsessionid=42006D5D9E2942638C8FD5645FDD6228?sequence=1
2014
Chu, Y.H. (2014). Common Core State Standards: Beware The Trojan Horse (Doctoral Dissertation). University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA. https://commons.und.edu/theses/1633/
2013
Ballam, N. (2013). ‘Defying the odds’: Gifted and talented young people from low socioeconomic backgrounds (Doctoral Thesis). University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. https://hdl.handle.net/10289/8424