Initiative to Support Gifted and Talented Pupils in Germany: Adaptive Formats of Diagnosis-Based Individual Promotion

Balanced research and practice

The federal and state initiative "Leistung macht Schule" (LemaS) is being implemented in 2018 to support especially high-performing and potentially highly capable students in Germany. 18 universities and 300 schools in all 16 federal states work together on concepts for gifted education and talent support and their implemtation in school. Adaptive formats of diagnosis-based individual challenge and support are being developed for sustainable gifted education and talent support. The foundation is the Challenge and Support Project for self-regulated and research-based learning for gifted and talented students. First results of an interim survey of this Research Practice Partnership with the school management and involved teachers are presented as well as first evaluations of group discussions with pupils and teachers who were part of the project.