Giftedness and High School Dropouts - Neag Center for Gifted ...
Giftedness and High School Dropouts - Neag Center for Gifted ...
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Don't Know<br />
15.3<br />
Ph.D., M.D., etc.<br />
0.4<br />
Master's Degree<br />
0.7<br />
Graduated College<br />
5.6<br />
College Less Than<br />
4 Years<br />
15.1<br />
Junior College<br />
1.5<br />
Graduated H.S.<br />
35.9<br />
Dropped out of<br />
H.S.<br />
25.6<br />
0 20 40 60 80 100<br />
Percent<br />
Figure 11. Weighted percentages of mother's highest level of education (of gifted<br />
students who dropped out of school).<br />
Research Question 2: Are there any differences between gifted male <strong>and</strong><br />
gifted female students who dropped out of school in terms of father's educational<br />
expectations, mother's educational expectations, students' educational aspirations,<br />
employment, pregnancy/child-rearing<br />
Several chi-square analyses were conducted between male <strong>and</strong> female gifted<br />
students who dropped out of school with respect to father's educational expectations,<br />
mother's educational expectations, students' educational aspirations, having children, <strong>and</strong><br />
employment using SPSS <strong>and</strong> SUDAAN to examine gender differences. Prior to the<br />
analyses, the adequacy of expected frequencies was examined, <strong>and</strong> as a result, there was<br />
no violation of assumptions.<br />
Regarding parents' educational expectations, results indicated that most parents<br />
had high educational expectations <strong>for</strong> their children who dropped out of school. More
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