The Identification of Gifted and Talented Students

The PERMATApintar High School at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) is the first fully residential school for gifted and talented students in Malaysia. An action research approach has been employed to develop and implement the identification and selection system of gifted students for the school. The participants are 487 Malaysian students aged 15-year-old. After two years, a stable blended assessment system is formulated which consist of three screening approaches: UKM1 and UKM2 online intelligence tests, and UKM3 comprehensive assessment. This system can be enhanced to develop electronic portfolio for planning, monitoring and assessing the gifted and talented students for the enrichment and intervention programs.