Giftedness and High School Dropouts - Neag Center for Gifted ...
Giftedness and High School Dropouts - Neag Center for Gifted ...
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between the two groups with respect to the number of times they had used<br />
cocaine.<br />
8. Students' educational aspirations, pregnancy or having children, gender,<br />
father's highest level of education, mother's highest level of education, <strong>and</strong><br />
SES significantly predicted gifted students' decision to drop out.<br />
9. <strong>Gifted</strong> students who wanted to finish college <strong>and</strong> who did not have a child<br />
were less likely to drop out of school than other students.<br />
10. <strong>Gifted</strong> male students were about three times more likely to drop out of<br />
school than gifted female students.<br />
11. <strong>Gifted</strong> students with fathers who did not finish high school were more<br />
likely to drop out of school, while gifted students with fathers who had a<br />
Master's degree were significantly less likely to drop out.<br />
12. <strong>Gifted</strong> students with mothers who did not finish high school or had<br />
graduated junior college were less likely to drop out.<br />
13. <strong>Gifted</strong> students who were in the low quartile <strong>and</strong> medium-low quartile of<br />
SES were much more likely to drop out of high school.