Gifted Children
In Gifted Children our objective is to increase the understanding of how talent develops and what factors affect it from an early age. We research how cognitive abilities and non-intellectual abilities develop in talented children, and what roles family, school, peers and society play. We strive to contribute to the improvement in caring for talented children in the Czech Republic. We provide teachers, parents and the children themselves with practical information supported by research. We identify talent, develop diagnostic methods, and work on developing the children’s abilities and on providing social and emotional support. We educate teachers and psychologists in these areas and offer counselling to talented children, their parents and teachers.
Intelligence assessment
Identification of gifted children
Team
| doc. PhDr. Šárka Portešová, Ph.D. | team head |
| Mgr. Michal Jabůrek, Ph.D. | researcher |
| Mgr. Ondřej Straka, Ph.D. | researcher |
| Mgr. et Mgr. Petr Palíšek | researcher |
| Mgr. Ivan Černický | researcher |
| Mgr. Pavla Palkovičová | junior researcher |
| Bc. BcA. Jan Kottman | graphic designer |
| Ing. Zdeněk Novák | programmer |
Local Collaborations
| Schools and Educational and Psychological Counselling Centers all over Czechia |
Publications
2024
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Measuring Scientific Thinking in Children Aged 10-15
Year: 2024, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
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Slovenská adaptácia Testu pre identifikáciu matematicky nadaných detí (TIM3–5): možnosti a obmedzenia použitia v praxi
Československá psychologie, year: 2024, volume: 68, edition: 2, DOI
Projects
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Modern diagnostic software for finding and supporting talents in STEM . (TQ01000430)
MU Researcher: doc. PhDr. Šárka Portešová, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 9/2023 — 11/2026Investor: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic / SIGMA -
Possibilities and Limitations in Developing Items for Measuring Cognitive Abilities in the High Above-Average Range (MUNI/A/1703/2024)
MU Researcher: doc. PhDr. Šárka Portešová, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 1/2025 — 12/2025Investor: Masaryk University / Specific research - support for student projects -
The possibility of monitoring metacognitive strategies in simple experiments. (MUNI/A/1523/2023)
MU Researcher: doc. PhDr. Šárka Portešová, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 1/2024 — 12/2024Investor: Masaryk University / Specific research - support for student projects -
VZÁJEMNĚ PROPOJENÝ SYSTÉM IDENTIFIKACE A ROZVOJE PŘÍRODOVĚDNĚ NADANÝCH ŽÁKŮ A STUDENTŮ JMK NA MUNI V ROCE 2024 (0048/7/NAD/2024)
MU Researcher: RNDr. Petra Matulová, CSc. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science Project Period: 1/2024 — 12/2024Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR / Other grant projects -
Measuring metacognitive strategies in children (MUNI/A/1473/2022)
MU Researcher: doc. PhDr. Šárka Portešová, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 1/2023 — 12/2023Investor: Masaryk University / Specific research - support for student projects -
Metodická podpora pedagogů při uplatnění identifikačně-rozvojového modelu podpory matematicky akcelerovaných žáků v základních školách JMK (JMK085223/23/OKH)
MU Researcher: doc. PhDr. Šárka Portešová, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 9/2023 — 12/2023Investor: South-Moravian Region / Other grant projects -
VZÁJEMNĚ PROPOJENÝ SYSTÉM IDENTIFIKACE A ROZVOJE PŘÍRODOVĚDNĚ NADANÝCH ŽÁKŮ A STUDENTŮ JMK NA MUNI V ROCE 2023 (0020/7/NAD/2023)
MU Researcher: RNDr. Petra Matulová, CSc. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science Project Period: 4/2023 — 12/2023Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR / Other grant projects -
Osobnostní charakteristiky a gamifikace v online logickém testu (MUNI/A/1548/2021)
MU Researcher: doc. PhDr. Šárka Portešová, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 1/2022 — 12/2022Investor: Masaryk University / Specific research - support for student projects -
VZÁJEMNĚ PROPOJENÝ SYSTÉM IDENTIFIKACE A ROZVOJE PŘÍRODOVĚDNĚ NADANÝCH ŽÁKŮ A STUDENTŮ JMK NA MUNI V ROCE 2022 (0016/7/NAD/2022)
MU Researcher: RNDr. Petra Matulová, CSc. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science Project Period: 1/2022 — 12/2022Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR / Other grant projects -
Výzkumně ověřený inovativní model identifikace a rozvoje matematicky nadaných žáků základních škol (CZ.02.3.68/0.0/0.0/19_076/0016366)
MU Researcher: doc. PhDr. Šárka Portešová, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies Project Period: 4/2020 — 12/2022Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR / Operational Programme Research, Development and Education