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Publication Date: 2012-Mar
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A Mixed-Methods Comparison of Vocational and Identified-Gifted High School Students on the Overexcitability Questionnaire
Piirto, Jane; Fraas, John
Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v35 n1 p3-34 Mar 2012
Two groups of adolescents (N = 114), 61 identified-gifted adolescents (M = 22, F = 39) and 51 vocational school adolescents (M = 27, F = 26), were compared on the Overexcitability Questionnaire. Each of the five Overexcitability (OE) scores--Psychomotor, Sensual, Imaginational, Intellectual, and Emotional--was subjected to a two-way ANOVA by classification and gender. Any statistically significant interaction effect was further analyzed by testing the group means with six two-group comparison tests. The analyses produced the following results: (a) Differences among the Psychomotor, Sensual, and Emotional OE means were not statistically significant, and (b) the Imaginational and Intellectual OE means of the gifted male students were significantly higher than the means of the vocational female students, vocational male students, and gifted female students. The effect sizes were classified as large. A qualitative textual analysis was also conducted. The results were compared with another study of the same gifted population that used the Overexcitability Questionnaire-II. (Contains 5 tables, 3 figures, and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Gifted, Questionnaires, Effect Size, Gender Differences, Mixed Methods Research, Classification, Psychomotor Objectives, Intellectual Development, Emotional Development, Imagination, Comparative Analysis, Academically Gifted, Sensory Experience, Adolescent Attitudes, Comparative Testing, Intelligence Quotient, Talent Identification, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests, Vocational High Schools, High School Students
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Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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