The Structural Model of the Relationships between Practical Intelligence, Inventive Thinking and Solving Future Problems for Gifted Students in the Secondary Stage

This study aimed to investigate the differentiation of the performance of gifted students in the secondary stage on the variables of practical intelligence and Inventive thinking according to the dimensions of solving future problems, and to determine the discrepancy of practical intelligence, Inventive thinking and solving future problems according to gender (male-female), and the predictive value of practical intelligence and Inventive thinking among gifted students. In the secondary stage, the ability to solve future problems, and to validate the proposed statistical model among those variables; To reach a model that determines the direct and indirect effects between those variables in the light of what the study data reflect, The participants in the study to calculate the psychometric properties of the study tools amounted to 156 male and female students at the secondary Stage in public education schools in Assiut Governorate; Those who were identified as gifted in one of the researcher’s studies ranged between 15-18 years old, with an average chronological age of 16.79 years, and a standard deviation of 1.23, and after verifying the efficiency of the psychometric study tools, the researcher applied them to the participants in the basic study, which consisted of 187 high school students The study tools were: a scale of creative thinking, a scale of practical intelligence, and a scale for solving future problems The results of the study resulted in the differentiation of the performance of talented students in the secondary stage in the dimensions of creative thinking and practical intelligence on the dimensions and solving future problems, and the absence of statistically significant differences in practical intelligence, creative thinking and solving future problems according to gender (male-female) among talented students in the secondary stage. There is a predictive ability for practical intelligence and creative thinking among talented students in the secondary stage with the ability to solve future problems, and the results of the path analysis resulted in the presence of indicators of good conformity with the proposed model, All these results were interpreted in the light of  literature review of   the study variables and findings of previous studies in related variables. Finally, some recommendations were formulated.