Collaborative Thinking Activity as the Development Factor of the Youth Giftedness

Abstract

The article regards the youth giftedness as the thinking initiation connected with the contradictions discovery. The author carries out the review of researches (K. Dunker, J. Gilford, G. Sekey, D. B. Bogoyavlenskaya, V.E. Klochko, S.L. Rubenstein, O.K. Tikhomirov) devoted to studying of ability to contradictions discovery. According to author’s opinions the ability to contradictions discovery is the thinking source. The empirical research of development of ability to contradictions discovery of preschool and school age children are presented in article. The research was conducted with use of techniques of G. Sekey and J. Gilford modified by V.E. Klochko. The dynamics of the development abilities to contradictions discovery in different age periods are shown and the dependency of this ability development on various intellectual and personal factors. The author correlates initiation of thinking to development of initiative style of thinking and carries out the analysis of dynamics of his formation at school age. Use of the factorial analysis has allowed to allocate the factors connected with detection of contradictions for children of preschool age. The importance of the collaborative thinking activity usage for the thinking development and the giftedness is substantiated.