A Comparison of Parents of Gifted Students and Non-Gifted Students: A Case of Expectations from Mathematics Education

Abstract

In this study, the purpose was to find out and conduct comparisons among expectations of the gifted and non-gifted student parents’ from mathematics education. This study was designed as a descriptive study and conducted by using a descriptive research design. During 2017-2018 academic year, a total of 293 parents (126 parents of the gifted students and 167 parents of the non-gifted students) participated in this study. The information on the expectations of gifted student parents’ were collected from two different SACs, whereas the data on the non-gifted student parents were collected from two middle schools. The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS 18.00 package program. The findings inducated that the expectations of gifted and non-gifted students’ parents did not differ according to the type of parent (i.e., mother, father, other). Morever, in comparison to the parents of the non-gifted students, the parents of the gifted students did not expect much of the “Authority and Rule-Oriented Teaching” in terms of mathematics education. When comparing the expectations of parents' in general, there is no statistically significant difference identified between parents' expectations from the “Conceptual Understanding and Active Student.”

Keywords

• Expectations from mathematics education,Parents,Gifted students,Non-Gifted students

Üstün Yetenekli Öğrenci Velileri ile Üstün Yetenekli Tanısı Koyulmamış Öğrenci Velilerinin Karşılaştırılması: Matematik Eğitiminden Beklenti Örneği

Abstract

Yapılan bu çalışmada velilerin önemi doğrultusunda üstün yetenekli ve üstün yetenekli tanısı konulmamış öğrenci velilerinin matematik eğitiminden beklentileri ortaya çıkarılarak karşılaştırılmaya çalışılmıştır. Araştırmada genel tarama modellerinden betimsel araştırma modeli kullanılmıştır. Araştırmaya 2017-2018 eğitim öğretim yılında 126’sı üstün yetenekli öğrencilerin, 167’si üstün yetenekli tanısı konulmamış öğrencilerin velisi olmak üzere toplam 293 veli katılmıştır. Üstün yetenekli öğrenci velilerine ilişkin veriler iki farklı Bilim Sanat Merkezi’nden, üstün yetenekli tanısı konulmamış öğrenci velilerine ilişkin veriler ise iki ortaokuldan toplanmıştır. Araştırmanın verileri SPSS 18.00 paket programı kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular incelendiğinde; beklentilerin hem üstün yetenekli öğrenci velilerinde hem de diğer velilerde veli türüne (anne, baba, diğer) göre farklılık göstermediği bulunmuştur. Bir diğer analizde ise üstün yetenekli öğrenci velilerinin diğer öğrenci velilerinden daha düşük öğretmenin otorite olduğu ve kural ağırlıklı bir öğretim beklentisine sahip olduğu belirlenmiştir. Öğrenci velilerinin beklentileri genel olarak karşılaştırıldığında velilerin kavramsal anlama ve öğrencinin aktif olduğu öğretim beklentilerinde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılığın olmadığı görülmektedir.

Keywords

• Matematik eğitiminden beklentiler,Veliler,Üstün yetenekli öğrenciler,Üstün yetenekli tanısı konulmamış öğrenciler

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