Giftedness and High School Dropouts - Neag Center for Gifted ...
Giftedness and High School Dropouts - Neag Center for Gifted ...
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Summary<br />
This chapter presented descriptive <strong>and</strong> inferential data analysis results. Two<br />
studies were conducted using two different sources of data <strong>and</strong> samples. The studies<br />
yielded the following results:<br />
Study 1: Analysis of Dropout Questionnaire<br />
1. Many of the gifted male students left school because they were failing<br />
school, got a job, could not keep up with their schoolwork, <strong>and</strong> did not<br />
like school. <strong>Gifted</strong> female students left school because they did not like<br />
school, were pregnant, became a parent, or were failing school.<br />
2. Many of the parents whose child dropped out of school tried to talk him or<br />
her into staying in school, but not many of them offered counseling<br />
services to their children.<br />
3. A large percentage of gifted students who dropped out of school never or<br />
rarely used a computer or spent time doing their hobbies or volunteering.<br />
4. <strong>Gifted</strong> students who dropped out of school spent more time talking with<br />
peers than with parents.<br />
5. <strong>Gifted</strong> students who dropped out of school hoped to be professionals,<br />
service workers, office workers, <strong>and</strong> business owners in the future.<br />
6. Not many gifted students who dropped out of school had a plan to return<br />
to school.<br />
7. <strong>Gifted</strong> students who dropped out of school had higher self-concepts than<br />
non-gifted students who dropped out of school.<br />
Study 2: Analysis of Student Questionnaire<br />
1. Almost half the gifted dropout students (48.2%) were in the lowest<br />
quartile SES level, while only 3.6% of them were in the highest quartile<br />
SES level.<br />
2. More Hispanic <strong>and</strong> Native Americans dropped out of school than White<br />
<strong>and</strong> Asian Americans.<br />
3. A high percentage of gifted dropouts' fathers <strong>and</strong> mothers did not finish<br />
high school (father: 40%, mother: 25.6%) or graduated only high school<br />
(father: 23%, mother: 35.9%).<br />
4. There were no significant differences between gifted male <strong>and</strong> female<br />
students who dropped out of school with respect to their parents'<br />
educational expectations <strong>and</strong> their own educational aspirations.<br />
5. More gifted female students who dropped out of school had children than<br />
male gifted dropouts.<br />
6. There was no significant difference between gifted male <strong>and</strong> gifted female<br />
students who dropped out of school with respect to the number of hours<br />
that they worked.<br />
7. <strong>Gifted</strong> students who dropped out of school used marijuana more than<br />
gifted students who completed school, but there was no difference
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