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Publication Date: 2014-Oct
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Predictors of Attitudes to Gifted Programs/Provisions: Evidence from Preservice Educators
Jung, Jae Yup
Gifted Child Quarterly, v58 n4 p247-258 Oct 2014
This study investigated whether a number of cultural orientation, sociodemographic, academic achievement, and personal/personal experience variables predict attitudes toward the provision of special programs/provisions for gifted students. Surveys completed by 241 Australian preservice teachers were analyzed using confirmatory factor analyses and multiple regression analyses. The findings suggest that (a) low power distance orientation, contact with gifted persons, and older age predict support for special gifted programs/provisions and (b) the lack of prior experience of an advanced/extended curriculum in a regular classroom and younger age predict the perception that special gifted programs/provisions are elitist.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Academically Gifted, Attitude Measures, Surveys, Factor Analysis, Regression (Statistics), Familiarity, Age Differences, Predictor Variables, Experience, Foreign Countries, Power Structure, Knowledge Level, Multiple Regression Analysis, College Students, Student Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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