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Preferences For The Ideal Classroom Environment: A Comparison Between Gifted And Nongifted Students, John R. Adams
Preferences For The Ideal Classroom Environment: A Comparison Between Gifted And Nongifted Students, John R. Adams
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Two major questions were addressed in this study: 1) What is the ideal classroom environment most preferred by students in a gifted and talented program?, and 2) Do preferences for the ideal classroom environment differ between students enrolled in a gifted and talented program and a comparison group of nongifted students?
The subjects were 147 eighth grade students selected from three middle schools in a large suburban school system. Seventy-three subjects were actively enrolled in a gifted and talented program, with the remaining 74 students randomly selected from the general population for comparison purposes. Schools were chosen because they were …