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 student s
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.
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 student s
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.