Making Research Understandable and Actionable to Nonresearchers

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

In applied fields like giftedness, talent, and creativity, the ultimate impact researchers can have requires the involvement of those outside the research realm. In this symposium, we engage with examples of how research can be translated into something understandable and actionable for four key stakeholder groups: students, parents, practitioners, and policymakers and introduces next steps to improve and increase the dissemination of such translation. It is only through harnessing the power of all four of these groups that our research can blossom.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent

Chair

• Matthew C. Makel, Duke University

Papers

• Parents - Matthew C. Makel, Duke University

• Students - Paula M. Olszewski-Kubilius, Northwestern University

• Practitioners - Rena F. Subotnik, American Psychological Association

• Policy Makers - Jonathan A. Plucker, Johns Hopkins University

Discussant

• Todd Kettler, University of North Texas