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Parents', Teachers' and Students' Attitudes towards Programs for Gifted Students
Nina Pavlin-Bernardić
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Odsjek za psihologiju, Hrvatski studiji Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Odjel za psihologiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Silvija Ravlić
; Osnovna škola Sesvetska sela, Sesvete, Hrvatska
Ksenija Borović
; Osnovna škola Sesvetska sela, Sesvete, Hrvatska
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine parents', teachers' and students' attitudes towards school programs for gifted students, as well as attitudes towards specific forms of gifted students' education such as acceleration and ability grouping in separate classes. The participants were 128 parents, 50 teachers and 140 fourth and fifth grade students. All three groups had positive attitudes towards school programs for gifted students and the only statistically significant difference was between parents and students: students had somewhat less positive attitudes. There were no significant differences regarding parents' education or whether their child is in the group of gifted children in school. There was also no difference between the attitudes of gifted and non-gifted students. However, parents, teachers and students have expressed predominantly negative attitudes toward skipping classes and grouping gifted students in separate classes.
Keywords
acceleration; attitudes; gifted students; grouping of gifted students; programs for gifted students
Hrčak ID:
179041
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Publication date:
1.12.2016.
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