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With the advent of a knowledge-based society, social demand for nurturing creative talents has increased. Gifted education has also been strengthened in relation to creativity education. The present selection system mainly relies on tests to assess students’ abilities. However, gifted education features multi-dimensional considerations such as observation and performance assessment to evaluate the students’ abilities, and a teacher training program for the purpose of giving guidance for the selection process of gifted students is also offered. This transformation from teachers’ instruction-directed learning to students’ self-directed learning highlights constructionism, which allows students to explore and gain knowledge by themselves. Thus, an environment in which students obtain knowledge and develop creativity needs to be provided.
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Cho, H.H., Song, M.H., Lee, J.Y. (2011). Semiotic Micro-world for Mathematical Visualization. In: Sriraman, B., Lee, K.H. (eds) The Elements of Creativity and Giftedness in Mathematics. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness, vol 1. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-439-3_10
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