Abstract:

This study discusses gifted science students' learning-teaching process in the content of student, teacher, and teaching program and thus, aims to identify the deficiencies of gifted science students at science education process. Data gathered with the help of document review, questionnaire, and interview methods. First, student-teacher selection processes and teaching programs at Science Art Centers in Turkey, where gifted students are educated, were investigated. In the second phase, 60 gifted students from the intellectual area at the second part of the primary schools in the Bayburt, Sinop and Trabzon Science Art Centers were administered a questionnaire. In addition, 14 science teachers were interviewed. Based on the findings, there appeared many important problems at gifted students' teacher selection and their working processes. Some applications regarding gifted student identification process has also brought a lot of problems, which need to be solved as soon as possible.

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