Cyprus students interested in participating in one of the unique programmes offered by the Centre for Talented Youth (CTY) Greece of the Anatolia College Thessaloniki, can register to take the centre’s exam which will take place in Nicosia on February 13-14 2016.
CTY Greece’s summer, weekend or online interactive programmes cater to different age groups, from primary year 2 to high school year 9 students.
The purpose of these unique programmes is developing a microcosm of thinkers and young innovators.
CTY’s roots extend back to its founding in the 1970s, and the pioneering work of Johns Hopkins’ psychologist Julian Stanley with gifted middle school prodigies.
His work put the spotlight on exceptionally bright young people and their capacity and enthusiasm for academic challenges matched to their advanced abilities.
Albert Einstein once said, “I have no special talent. I am passionately curious.” With these words one could summarise the philosophy of CTY, a centre that offers the opportunity to “passionately curious” people to grow to their fullest potential.
CTY Greece at Anatolia College is the culmination of the strategic partnership of three organizations with a long tradition in education and social contribution.
Anatolia College, Johns Hopkins University in the US and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, all came together to establish a centre that is unique to Greece and Southeastern Europe in general.
CTY-Greece uses two tests, developed by the Johns Hopkins University Centre for Talented Youth: the School and College Ability Test (SCAT) and the Spatial Test Battery (STB) which measure verbal, quantitative, and spatial reasoning ability.
The SCAT test comprises of a verbal section measuring a student’s understanding of the meaning of words and verbal reasoning ability and a mathematics section which measures a student’s understanding of fundamental number operations. The SCAT test on February 13 is in Greek, and on February 14 in English. Each student can take either or both tests.
The STB, which consists of four sections: visual memory learning, surface development, block rotations and visual memory recall, is an alternative test for students in grades 6–9 who wish to enrol in a CTY Greece math or science courses. It is not for students who wish to enrol in a humanities course.
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