Mathematical Giftedness and Creativity

Handbooks, special collections, etc.

• Barbeau, E., & Taylor, P. J. (Eds.). (2009). Challenging mathematics in and beyond the classroom (The 16th ICMI Study). New York: Springer.
• Csíkszentmihályi, M. (1996). Creativity: Flow and the psychology of discovery and invention. New York: Harper Perennial.
• Hadamard, J. (1945). The psychology of invention in the mathematical field. New York, NY: Dover Publications.
• Krutetskii, V. A. (1976). The psychology of mathematical abilities in schoolchildren. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.
• Leikin, R., Berman, A., & Koichu, B. (Eds.) (2009). Creativity in mathematics and the education of gifted students.  Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
• Leikin, R. and Sriraman, B. (Eds.) (2016). Creativity and Giftedness. Interdisciplinary perspectives from mathematics and beyond. Springer.
• Sheffield, Linda J. (Ed). (1999). Developing Mathematically promising students. Reston, Va.: NCTM.
• Singer, Florence Mihaela, Sheffield, Linda Jensen, Freiman, Viktor, Brandl, Matthias. (2016). Research On and Activities For Mathematically Gifted students. Springer.
• Singer, Florence Mihaela (Ed.) (2018). Mathematical Creativity and Mathematical Giftedness. Enhancing Creative Capacities in Mathematically Promising Students. Springer.
• Vogeli, B. (Ed.). (2015). Special Secondary Schools for the Mathematically Talented. London-New Jersey-Singapore: World Scientific.

Papers and chapters

• Bibby, T. (2002). Creativity and logic in primary-school mathematics: A view from the classroom. For the Learning of Mathematics, 22(3), 10–13.
• Freiman, V., Sriraman, B. (2007). Does mathematics gifted education need a working philosophy of creativity? Mediterranean Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol. 6(1& 2), 23 – 46.
• Glas, E. (2002). Klein’s model of mathematical creativity. Science & Education, 11(1), 95–104.
• Leikin, M., Paz-Baruch, N., & Leikin, R. (2013). Memory abilities in generally gifted and excelling-in-mathematics adolescents. Intelligence, 41, 566–578
• Liljedahl, P., & Sriraman, B. (2006). Musings on mathematical creativity. For the Learning of Mathematics, 26(1), 20–23.
• Nolte, M. (2013). Twice exceptional children: Mathematically gifted children in primary schools with special needs. In CERME 8 Proceedings. Ankara: Middle East Technical Univ.
• O’Boyle, M. W. (2008). Mathematically gifted children: Developmental brain characteristics and their prognosis for well-being. Roeper Review, 30, 181–186.
• Pehkonen, E. (1997). The state-of-art in mathematical creativity. Analysis, 97(3), 63–67.
• Renzulli, J. S. (1986). The three-ring conception of giftedness: A developmental model for creative productivity. In R. J. Sternberg & J. E. Davidson (Eds.), Conceptions of giftedness (pp. 53–92). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP.
• Renzulli, J. S. (2012). Reexamining the role of gifted education and talent development for the 21st century: A four-part theoretical approach. Gifted Child Quarterly, 56(3), 150–159.
• Sriraman, B. (2005). Are giftedness and creativity synonyms in mathematics? An analysis of constructs within the professional and school realms. Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 17(1), 20–36.

Faculty publications

• Karp, A. (2007). Knowledge as a manifestation of talent: Creating opportunities for the gifted.  Mediterranean Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 6(1-2), 77-90.
• Karp, A.  (2009). Teaching the mathematically gifted: An attempt at a historical analysis. In R.Leikin, A. Berman, & B. Koichu (Eds.), Creativity in mathematics and the education of gifted students (pp. 11-30).  Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
• Karp, A. (2010). Teachers of the mathematically gifted tell about themselves and their profession. Roeper Review, 32(4), 272-280.
• Karp, A. (2011). Toward a history of teaching the mathematically gifted: Three possible directions for research. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 11(1), 8-18.
• Karp, A. (2011). Schools with an advanced course in mathematics and schools with an advanced course in the humanities In A. Karp, & B. Vogeli (Eds.), Russian mathematics education: Programs and practices (pp. 265-318). London-New Jersey-Singapore: World Scientific.
• Karp, A. (2015). A brief history of specialized mathematics school. In Bruce Vogeli (Ed.), Special Secondary Schools for the Mathematically Talented (pp. 1-18). London-New Jersey-Singapore: World Scientific.
• Karp, A., (2016). Mathematically Gifted Education: Some Political Questions. In R. Leikin and B. Sriraman (Eds.), Creativity and Giftedness. Interdisciplinary perspectives from mathematics and beyond. Springer.
• Karp, A. (2017). Some thoughts on gifted education and creativity. ZDM/Mathematics Education,  49, 159–168.

A few TC dissertations

• Choi, Kyong Mi. (2009). Characteristics of Korean International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) winners' and various developmental influences.
• Connelly, Julianna. (2010). A tradition of excellence transitions to the 21 st century: Hungarian mathematics education, 1988-2008.
• Dickman, B. (2014). Conceptions of creativity in elementary school mathematical problem posing.
• Gibson, Kena E. (2017). Mathematics education in one special high school for mathematically talented students.
• Marushina, Albina (2016). Mathematical Extracurricular Activities in Russia.

Members of the TSG

Alexander Karp