GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS - ON THE EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS

Two groups of students - high and low achievers according to study res ults from four faculties of Slovak Technical University are compared i n personal characteristics, mental abilities and creativity level. Res ults show that, while at two faculties, the educational and psychologi cal approaches are nearly identical in their results, at the two other faculties the results are significantly different. Therefore, the com bination of both approaches is recommended here. Characteristics of su perior students at each faculty are mentioned, as well as the characte ristics of the most creative ones.