(4) The outcomes of our design-based research are IBSE components which broaden the IBSE theory in the field of the education of gifted students. An innovative IBSE approach in the teaching/learning of gifted students should meet the following important IBSE components appropriate for gifted students:
• Emphasis on the students’ role, which should be very active • Individual approach to students with great empathy on the part of the teacher • Encouraging students to actively problem-solve • Scientific way of working (analysing phenomena, verification of hypotheses, etc.) • Wide use of experimentation and practical tasks (projects) • Supporting connectivistic tasks (net-system gaining and collaboration)
These and other components of IBSE suitable for gifted students will gradually form a set of rules for the complex application of IBSE in the development of science and technology giftedness. This IBSE approach matches the special educational needs of gifted students, because it corresponds with their behaviour. The implementation of IBSE in teaching/learning allows teachers to satisfy the specific educational needs of gifted students and also to discover hidden giftedness in students, because it enables an individual approach with four IBSE levels.