Evaluating the behavioral characteristics of gifted and talented students from the view of their teachers

Abstract

The current study aims to identify the behavioral characteristics that distinguish outstanding students from the view of their teachers, and the relationship of those characteristics with variables of gender and stage of study. The survey sample consisted from Al-Manahil School in the time period of (2020-2021), were selected using the intended sampling method. As for the basic sample, the study tool has been applied to all students enrolled in the Al-Akhdar Jabal Center for Outstanding Students in Al-Bayda for the year (2020-2021), and their number was (61) students in the secondary stage in its three years. the scale for evaluating the behavioral traits of distinguished students developed by Clinton was also used, and the following statistical methods were used: split half, Getman's equation, Pearson correlation, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, theoretical mean, T-test, one-way and Anova. The results showed a high level of behavioral characteristics among students enrolled in the Al-Akhdar Jabal Center for Outstanding Students, and the highest degree was in the leadership qualities dimension, then the creative qualities, followed by the motivational qualities, and finally the educational qualities. The alternative hypothesis that there are statistically significant differences in the behavioral characteristics of gifted and talented children due to the gender variable (males and females) and the variable of the school stage was rejected, and the null hypothesis was accepted that these differences did not exist.