The Interest Issues of Gifted Children

Abstract

Gifted and talented children show differences in many respects compared to normal developing children. It isexpected that these differences may also arise in daily life of all these children. In this research, it is aimed toinvestigate that whether the responses of three wishes questions of the gifted and talented and normal developingchildren differ or not. The sample of the study consisted of 54 gifted, 28 talented, and 46 normal developing children.Quantitative and qualitative research methods have been used together in the research. The main research questionwas as follows: "What would you wish if you had three wishes". Received responses were coded and analyzed bychi-square test according to the response types of children with gifted, talented, and normal developing children. As aresult of the research, it was determined that the answers given by the gifted, talented, and normal developingchildren to the three right wishes differed.