Giftedness and High School Dropouts - Neag Center for Gifted ...
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Table 4<br />
Numbers <strong>and</strong> Percentages of Parents' Responses to Their <strong>Gifted</strong> Children's Decision to<br />
Drop Out<br />
Parents' Reactions N %<br />
Offered to arrange outside counseling<br />
Called school counselor<br />
Called my principal/teachers<br />
Told me it was my decision<br />
Punished me <strong>for</strong> leaving school<br />
Told me they were upset<br />
Told me it was O.K. to leave<br />
Tried to talk me into staying in school<br />
Offered to help with personal problems<br />
Offered to help me make up missed work<br />
Offered special tutoring<br />
Offered to put me in a special program<br />
Offered to send me to another school<br />
Note. Sum of the percentages is not equal to 100 because dropouts responded either "yes" or "no" on each<br />
item. N size on each item may vary due to missing values.<br />
31<br />
74<br />
85<br />
210<br />
41<br />
226<br />
44<br />
247<br />
154<br />
99<br />
48<br />
55<br />
98<br />
9.5<br />
22.8<br />
26.1<br />
64.4<br />
12.7<br />
69.3<br />
13.5<br />
75.8<br />
47.5<br />
30.4<br />
14.8<br />
16.9<br />
30.3<br />
100<br />
90<br />
80<br />
73.8<br />
70<br />
Percent<br />
60<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
11.5<br />
8.9<br />
5.9<br />
0<br />
Never/rarely<br />
Less than once<br />
a week<br />
Once or twice a<br />
week<br />
Every day<br />
Figure 3. Time gifted students who dropped out of school spent using computers.
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