Collective Intelligence In Honors Program: Gifted Students Improved Creativity, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Motivation, And Satisfaction In University Life

Abstract

The purpose of the current research was to explore the extent to which a proposed honors program facilitates the development of creativity, leadership, entrepreneurship, motivation, and satisfaction of gifted students in university life, and provide feedback on the program’s quality. In the era of AI’s minds that exceed humans in speed, problem-solving, and fast learnings algorithms, there are pressing needs for integrative and creative talented minds to form a super intelligent brain for innovative solutions that benefit society. The new millennium is full of challenges, that require a collective intelligence (CI) of gifted students to propose innovative solutions and think collaboratively to solve real-life problems. Higher education institutes ought to capitalize on gifted students’ intelligences to advance knowledge. Both quantitative and qualitative research design were employed on a volunteer sample consisted of 59 gifted students. The results showed that proposed honors program had achieved positive impact on students’ satisfaction, perception of program quality, motivation, creativity, and leadership. Gifted students pursued honors program form prestige, soft skills development and interactions with like minds. Further, qualitative results showed that CI of gifted students in honors program resulted in grand awards at national competition in innovative problem solving sponsored by a third party. Despite the limitations, it is very crucial that gifted students work collectively with like minds to develop a practical skill towards challenging issues that require CI.