Views of Graduate Students in Gifted Education on Hilda Taba Strategies

This study aimed at revealing the student views on Hilda Taba strategies that emerged during the discussions held as part of the Analytical Thinking Models course in a gifted education Master's program. All of the six participants taking this course in the spring semester of the 2021-2022 academic year were included in the study. The course covers four Hilda Taba strategies: concept development, data interpretation, application of generalizations, and conflict resolution. The graduate students learned these strategies in more than one practical way and prepared original strategy plans. At the end of the course, the participants shared their opinions about the strategies by answering the open-ended questions in the opinion form. The study was carried out with the descriptive research method, and content analysis was used for the data analysis. The data were read and coded independently by three researchers and placed in the themes created in line with the research questions. According to the results of the research, the participants presented very positive opinions about Hilda Taba strategies. They stated that the strategies may have some implementation difficulties due to the large class size, but that they improve analytical thinking, create a positive learning environment and contribute to the development of gifted students.