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Investigation of Gifted Students’ Science Laboratory Academic Risk Taking Tendencies and Science Learning Orientations in Terms of Some Variables

Oğuzhan Nacaroğlu * onacaroglu44@gmail.com * ORCID: 0000-0001-8516-9152 * ResearcherID: AAK-2638-2020
Science and Art Center, Malatya, TURKEY

Oktay Kizkapan * okizkapan@nevsehir.edu.tr * ORCID: 0000-0001-6781-9879 * ResearcherID: N-3157-2018
Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Education Faculty, Nevşehir, TURKEY

Open Journal for Educational Research, 2020, 4(1), 15-30 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojer.0401.02015n
Received: 17 January 2020 ▪ Accepted: 6 April 2020 ▪ Published Online: 17 April 2020

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
In this research, it was aimed to investigate academic risk taking tendencies on laboratory activities and science learning orientations of gifted students. In the research (survey) quantitative research method designs was used. The sample of the research consisted of 187 gifted students who are studying in a Science and Art Center in the Eastern Anatolia Region. In the research, Science Laboratory Academic Risk Taking Scale and Learning Engagement in Science Scale were used as data collection tools. The findings indicated that the academic risk taking tendencies on laboratory activities and science learning tendencies of the gifted students were high. In addition, it was found that there was a moderate and significant relationship between the academic risk taking tendencies and their science learning orientations of gifted students.

KEY WORDS: gifted students, laboratory activities, academic risk taking, science learning orientation, science and art center.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Oktay Kizkapan, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Education Faculty, Nevşehir, TURKEY. E-mail: okizkapan@gmail.com.

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