El diseño de programas de actividades orientados a desarrollar los talentos del alumnado en los primeros años de escolaridad es un tema de actualidad en la literatura educativa. El presente estudio persigue encontrar evidencias que permitan aplicar un programa de enriquecimiento en línea, orientado a potenciar la motivación y la implicación académica del alumnado con altas capacidades intelectuales (AACC). La muestra del estudio se compone de 60 alumnos/as con edades comprendidas entre los 10 y 12 años, provenientes de un centro de Educación Primaria de Lima (Perú). Los instrumentos utilizados para la evaluación de las variables han sido la escala SAAS-R (School Attitude Assessment-Revised) y una rúbrica de elaboración propia, revisada por expertos. Finalmente se discuten los resultados y se concluye con algunas propuestas para la mejora del programa.

The design of educative programs created to develop the middle school students´ skills is a recurrent subject in educational literature. The aim of this article is to find evidences that support an enrichment program oriented to improve motivation and engagement in gifted students. The sample of sixty students (10-12 years old) was taken from a Peruvian middle school. The instrument used in this study were the School Attitude Assessment Survey-Revised (SAAS-R) (Siegle y McCoach, 2005) to measure motivation and a rubric revised by experts to measure engagement. Finally, the results are discussed and some improvements proposal are given.

The design of educative programs created to develop the middle school students´ skills is a recurrent subject in educational literature. The aim of this article is to find evidences that support an enrichment program oriented to improve motivation and engagement in gifted students. The sample of sixty students (10-12 years old) was taken from a Peruvian middle school. The instrument used in this study were the School Attitude Assessment Survey-Revised (SAAS-R) (Siegle y McCoach, 2005) to measure motivation and a rubric revised by experts to measure engagement. Finally, the results are discussed and some improvements proposal are given.