Before developing an instrument for identification of mathematically gifted students
researcher should develop a theoretical framework. Thus examining the nature of
math, mathematicians’ views about mathematical ability, and conceptions of
mathematical giftedness may help to determine identification model of
mathematically gifted students. After a comprehensive literature review
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decided to focus on analogical thinking that is described similarity and relation based
thinking and it is accepted one of core cognitive abilities in the literature. The purpose
of this study is to describe Similarity and Relation based Model of Thinking in Math
(SRBMT-M) which is developed to identify mathematically gifted students. SRBTT-
M is based on problem solving, problem posing and problem comparing and model
consists of six subcomponents as similarity based problem solving, relation based
problem solving, similarity based problem posing, relation based problem posing,
finding similar problems and lastly, finding relational problems. Researcher will
discuss SRBTT-M’s theoretical frameworks and compare this model with the other
models in the literature. Further researcher will explain its advantages and
disadvantages.
