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Original article | International Journal of Progressive Education 2019, Vol. 15(6) 17-32

Examining the Relationship Between Parental Attitudes and the Study Habits of Gifted Children

Ayşin Kaplan Sayı & Mustafa İçen

pp. 17 - 32   |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2019.215.2   |  Manu. Number: MANU-1909-18-0002

Published online: December 08, 2019  |   Number of Views: 449  |  Number of Download: 931


Abstract

Gifted children are the group which have a high level of mental potential, and managing the school with this potential generally without studying, therefore having no effective studying habits. Another important factor in developing study habits is parental attitudes. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the parental attitudes and the study habits of gifted children. In this scope, parents’ attitudes were classified into democratic, authoritarian, permissive and overprotective which were put forward by Baumrind (1966; 1971) in his studies, and the study habits were handled as two dimensions as study quality and study responsibility. In the study, the relational screening model one of the quantitative research methods was used. The research was carried out 2016-2017 and its participants consist of 100 gifted children aged between 7-12 and their 100 parents. As the data collection tools, Parental Attitude Scale contains 62 items developed by Demir and Şendil (2008) and 23-items Study Habits Scale developed by Çalıkoğlu (2009) were used. The findings were obtained through independent t-test, mean, Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient and regression analysis. As a result of the study, no difference was found between the study quality which comprises technical issues such as taking notes, repeating, study responsibility and total study habits regarding age and gender. It was found that families generally held democratic and overprotective attitudes, there was a relationship between democratic attitude and study quality and democratic attitude increased the quality of child’s study. For this reason, it is essential to train families on study habits and the impact of the family on this issue.

Keywords: Giftedness, parents, study habits, attitude.


How to Cite this Article?

APA 6th edition
Sayi, A.K. & Icen, M. (2019). Examining the Relationship Between Parental Attitudes and the Study Habits of Gifted Children . International Journal of Progressive Education, 15(6), 17-32. doi: 10.29329/ijpe.2019.215.2

Harvard
Sayi, A. and Icen, M. (2019). Examining the Relationship Between Parental Attitudes and the Study Habits of Gifted Children . International Journal of Progressive Education, 15(6), pp. 17-32.

Chicago 16th edition
Sayi, Aysin Kaplan and Mustafa Icen (2019). "Examining the Relationship Between Parental Attitudes and the Study Habits of Gifted Children ". International Journal of Progressive Education 15 (6):17-32. doi:10.29329/ijpe.2019.215.2.

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