Benito López Andrada
EOEP. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF MADRID / MEC. SPAIN
5º FOLLOW-UP OF A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF 108 POTENTIAL "PRECOCES" - "SUPER GIFTED" (HIGH CAPACITIES) PUPILS BORN IN 1985, STARTED IN 1990-91 E.C. FROM 100% OF THE SCHOOL POPULATION OF 5 YEAR OLD CHILDREN (2510 PUPILS) IN MÓSTOLES - Madrid- Spain.
Participants: Dr. Benito López Andrada, D. María Josefa González Megía, D. Javier Romero Lleonart, D. María José Millán Eslava, D. Encarnación Escrivá Escrivá
1. Introduction
OBJECTIVE: To justify the need for psycho-pedagogical detection/evaluation for educational attention and intervention with highly able pupils.
JUSTIFICATION: 32 YEARS OF FOLLOW-UP:
As "giftedness" was "ignored" (R.D. 334/1985) Ordenación Educación Especial (BOE N. 65, March/1985, motivated the START OF THE LONGITUDINAL STUDY (six cohorts of research).
A.- Main antecedent: Doctoral Thesis by Dr. López Andrada (1986-1990).
B.- The "Initial Study" (1990/91) and "The First Follow-up" (1995-96: National Prize for Educational Research 1998) were awarded grants (CIDE/MEC).
*The first paper presents the Process of Detection-Identification to select the sample of 108 students (V-M) of "high abilities" (1990-91). It was based on 100% of the "E.I.5 years" school population (2,510 pupils) of Móstoles".
*The second paper deals with the "analysis and academic development of the current socio-family and work situation".
*The third paper presents a "preview of some statistical analyses applied in the 5th follow-up and "comparative" with previous results".
*The fourth paper shows a General Action Plan with Precocious, Gifted and Talented Pupils: Simultaneous DETECTION-IDENTIFICATION - INTERVENTION AND RESPONSE-EDUCATIONAL MODEL.
2.- Methodology and research techniques
- Method: "Filtering"-"Mixed"-"Sifting".
- Techniques: "Field study". Data collection instruments/information sources.
Data analysis (quantitative-qualitative).
3.- Results: Statistical differences, most significant inter-intra-group and inter-intra-sex conclusions (BD-CONTROL) contrasting studies by previous researchers.
Discussion: Debate on the results and conclusions of the Longitudinal Study and its application in Educational Centres, both in the phases of "detection" - "Diagnostic Evaluation" and "intervention" through an Action Plan "PAGAPRESTE".
5.- Key words: 1) dyssynchronies - diagnostic reversibility; 2) "comorbidity" - "dual" diagnosis; 3) Degrees of effectiveness - teacher efficiency; 4) Precociousness - high abilities - giftedness - specific talents; 5) Longitudinal study.
- Dr. In Psychology.
- Chartered Psychologist (M-00232).
- National Prize for Educational Research 1998 (CIDE- MEC).
- Recognition (nº 3125 of 10-May-1996) as "Invited Expert" by the MEC (Subdirección General de E.E.) to regulate the Ministerial Order and RESOLUTION of 24 and 29 April respectively, referring to the elaboration of the conditions and flexibilisation of "intellectually gifted" students (B.O.E. n.º 107, 3 May, 1996, 15545).
- Director and Principal Investigator of the beginning of the Longitudinal Study of reference (1990-91) and its five follow-ups until nowadays (2022-2023).
- Teacher at all levels of education (Pre-school, Primary School Teacher -EGB-, ESO-Baccalaureate and University).
- Author and co-author of several books and documents related to School Guidance and giftedness, among others:
"Tiempo libre y educación" (1982): Madrid, Escuela Española, S.A.
"Eficacia en el Estudio", Madrid, Anaya, (1983).
"Eficacia no estudo" (1990/1) (Portuguese edition. Rio Tinto Portugal, Edisoes A.S.A.
Análisis de una muestra de alumnos "bien dotados": Seguimiento y estudio de un grupo de alumnos de tercer de EGB de la zona Centro". Doctoral Thesis (25 June 1990). U.C.M.
Monitoring of a sample of potentially gifted pupils". "National Educational Research Awards 1998". (1999) MEC/CIDE pg.65-92
"Alumnos Precoces, superdotados y de altas capacidades" (CIDE - MEC 2000).
"La enuresis" - Incontinencia de la urina diurna /nocturna" (1912) Sevilla, Punto Rojo Libros, S. L.
"La superdotación a examen. Longitudinal study of a sample of 108 students born 1985" (2018). Madrid, Opera Prima; etc.
