Differences Between Female Gifted And Non-Gifted Students In Future Thinking Skills From The Perspective Of Students And Teachers

Abstract

The study aims to identify the differences in future skills between female gifted and non-gifted students with regard to future expectation, problem-solving, perception, and prediction, from the perspective of secondary level students and teachers at Hafr Al-Batin. To achieve objectives of the study, the researchers adopted the mixed approach of interpretative design to collect data via a questionnaire and an interview. The study sample was selected from the Center of the Gifted at Hafr Al-Batin. It comprised (80) female students, of whom (40) were gifted and the other (40) were non-gifted, in addition to (19) teachers. The results revealed that there were differences with statistical significance at the function level (a ≤ 0.05) between the gifted and the non-gifted in the overall degree of the questionnaire and in all the previously mentioned thinking skills in favor of the gifted from the perspective of both students and teachers