Gifted Students Attitudes towards Science and Classroom Environment

Gifted students have different learning characteristics than other students that need to be taken into consideration when planning instruction and curriculum. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the differences on gifted students attitudes toward science and their preferred classroom climate during science classes based on gender and grade level. The groups of 163 gifted and talented students in Turkey among four academic levels were assigned to take part in this study. The data obtained from administration of measuring instrument were analyzed by using Two-Analyses of Variance (ANOVA). Result indicated that grade level of students had a significant effect on attitudes towards science and significant differences were found among students in their perceptions of the science classroom environment based on their gender and grade level.