Abstract:

In this study, it is aimed to examine the social competence levels of primary education 3th, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th class students of normal education who have been determined as gifted and talented according to their social status and registered to Science and Art Center. The research was conducted using the relational scan model method. In our study, the sample group consists of 47 students that were determined as gifted and talented among the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th grade students and 175 normal students who are educated in the same class with gifted and talented students by thier teachers. Sociometry Test and “School Social Behavior Scale (OSRS) were used in the study. School Social” Behavior Scale was developed by Keneth W. Merrell in 1993 and adapted to Turkish by Müge Yukay Yüksel in 2009.Sociometry test was applied to the class in which gifted students were enrolled in order to determine the social positions of gifted students in the class and their references. In order to determine the social competence levels of the students, the class teachers used School Social Behavior Scale (OSDÖ). Opinions and evaluations about 5 regular students and gifted students, who were chosen by random method by classroom teachers, were tried to be determined with the aid of this scale. In the analysis of the data, t test, one way analysis of variance, pearson moment correlation analysis were used for independent samples. Significance level was taken as 05. According to the results of the research, In gifted children, sociometric status scores were higher than normal development students. A weak positive relationship was found between the social competence scores of the gifted students and the sociometric status score (preferred score). Social competence scores of gifted students were higher than normal development students. There was a weak positive relationship between social competence score and sociometric status (preferred score) scores of normal development students.

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