Identificación de talento matemático en niños y niñas de 10 a 12 años de edad, en una escuela pública y una privada en Cusco (Perú), durante el año lectivo 2013- 2014

Abstract

The objective of this research is to identify mathematical talent in children (as), from 10-12 years old studying in 5th. and 6th. level of basic education in a public school and another private school located in the city of Cusco - Peru. This research has a non-experimental, descriptive quantitative design and transversal. The instruments used for data collection were Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Screening Questionnaire, Test Raven Progressive Matrices Colored Scale, Nomination Questionnaire Questionnaire Teachers and Mathematical Problem Solving. The sample taken into consideration in our research consists of 60 children (as), who attend the fifth and sixth grade of primary education. In the screening phase to 10 students that constitute the experimental group was selected and then randomly selects another 10 students who formed the control group, these 20 students passed the diagnostic phase. In this investigation failed to identify mathematical talent.