RELATIONS BETWEEN ACADEMIC GIFTEDNESS AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL ORIENTATIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PARENTS’ LEVEL OF EDUCATION

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Jasmina Pekić

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The present study aims to provide answers to two specific questions: how can we describe the difference in the structure of intellectual abilities of gifted students in two broadly defined areas of knowledge or academic domains, as well as whether the level of academic high school talent varies in relation to the parents’education level. The survey was conducted on a sample of 177 high school students from Serbia, who are identified as gifted based on above-average achievements on intelligence test - KOG 3 (IQ>120) and excellent academic achievement (GPA over 4.50). The construct of academic giftedness, which is associated with the parents’ education level, is defined as an advanced mastery of different academic areas of knowledge, based on high cognitive potential, intrinsic motivation and creativity. Thus defined academic talent was measured by 13-items scale, designed for research purposes. Investigation of differences in the intellectual profile of gifted students in two broadly defined academic domains refers to the merits of the distinction between the two basic forms of academic talents, which are labeled as verbal and nonverbal. In addition, by examining the relation between the level of students’ academic talent and education of their parents, significant differences were found only in relation to the education level of their mothers

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Pekić, J. (2017). RELATIONS BETWEEN ACADEMIC GIFTEDNESS AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL ORIENTATIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PARENTS’ LEVEL OF EDUCATION. ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, 41(2), 367–395. Retrieved from https://godisnjak.ff.uns.ac.rs/index.php/gff/article/view/1889
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Психологија
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Jasmina Pekić

Filozofski fakultet
Univerzitet u Novom Sadu

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