Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ556958
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Gifted Students' Attitudes and Perceptions of the Gifted Label, Special Programs, and Peer Relations.
Feldhusen, John F.; Dai, David Yun
Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, v9 n1 p15-20 Fall 1997
A questionnaire administered to 305 gifted students, ages 9-17, enrolled in a summer program, examined perceptions and attitudes related to the gifted label and available educational opportunities. Analysis of responses yielded four factors: (1) acceptance of the gifted label; (2) perception of ability as incremental; (3) preference for challenging educational opportunities; and (4) perceived social links to nongifted peers. (LC)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Academic Aspiration, Academically Gifted, Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Labeling (of Persons), Peer Relationship, Questionnaires, Role Perception, Social Cognition, Special Programs, Student Attitudes, Student Surveys, Talent Identification
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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