Classroom Management Problems Derives from Gifted and Talented Students’ Leadership Qualities

Year 2012, Volume: 24 Issue: 24, 7 - 29, 10.10.2013

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate how leadership features of gifted students at primary schools cause classroom management problems. The model of the study is descriptive survey model. In this study, both qualitative and quantitative methods were applied. Raven Standard Progressive Matrices Plus Test (RSPM) was applied to one hundred twenty three primary school students who were chosen randomly from Sakarya City, and seventeen gifted students were identified. Quantitative data was collected by asking closed ended questions to chosen students in order to figure out their leadership features. Qualitative data was collected from the teachers of the students with semi-structured interview form to discover how the identified leadership
features cause problems in classes. It was seen at the end of the study that the class problems stemed from the gifted students' perfectionism, their will to produce their own decisions and solutions, and their not paying attention to the rules of respect and effecting their current group. 

Keywords

Gifted and Talented Students, Leadership, Classroom Management

Classroom Management Problems Derives from Gifted and Talented Students’ Leadership Qualities

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate how leadership features of gifted students at
primary schools cause classroom management problems. The model of the study is
descriptive survey model. In this study, both qualitative and quantitative methods
were applied. Raven Standard Progressive Matrices Plus Test (RSPM) was applied to
one hundred twenty three primary school students who were chosen randomly from
Sakarya City, and seventeen gifted students were identified. Quantitative data was
collected by asking closed ended questions to chosen students in order to figure out
their leadership features. Qualitative data was collected from the teachers of the
students with semi-structured interview form to discover how the identified leadership
features cause problems in classes. It was seen at the end of the study that the class
problems stemed from the gifted students' perfectionism, their will to produce their
own decisions and solutions, and their not paying attention to the rules of respect and
effecting their current group.

Keywords

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