Abstract:

The first purpose of this study is identifying gifted students’ attitudes towards geography in Science and Art Centers and then determines the personal characteristics impacts on attitudes. To this end, 59 students registered to Science and Art Centers are selected randomly from five provinces. To this students 20-item, Likert-type 5, an attitude scale was applied. The research was carried out in the survey design. In data assessment, t-test, Anova analysis were used. As a result of study the average scores of students' attitudes towards geography "moderate" ( X = 3.13) were found. In addition, a significant difference in favor of High School students has been identified in students' attitudes towards geography course. However, there aren’t any significant differences between students department, grade level, income of family and educational status of parents.

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