- Director of Research, Duke University
As a society, we care deeply about allowing talented people to flourish. Dr. Makel's research examines the nature and development of the abilities, perceptions, and environments of academically talented youth to better understand the factors that lead to the expression of talent. He also seeks to communicate research findings to non-researchers. To this end, he serves as editor of the Talent Identification Program's Digest of Research, a publication dedicated to providing practical research-based information about raising and educating academically talented youth.
Experience
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–presentGifted Education Research Specialist, Duke University
Education
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2008Indiana University, PhD
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2005Cornell University, MA
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2002Duke University, BA
Publications
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2015Gifted students’ implicit beliefs about intelligence and giftedness, Gifted Child Quarterly
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2015The academic gap: An international comparison of the time allocation of academically talented students, Gifted Child Quarterly
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2014The empirical march: Making science better at self-correction, Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
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2014Facts are more important than novelty: Replication in the education sciences, Educational Researcher
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2012Replications in psychology research: How often do they really occur?, Perspectives on Psychological Science
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2012Changing the pond, not the fish: Following high ability students across different educational environments., Journal of Educational Psychology
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2010High ability students’ time spent outside the classroom, Journal of Advanced Academics
Professional Memberships
- National Association for Gifted Children
- American Education Research Association
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- Location: Durham, NC, USA
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