the study involved two groups of students. Feather – 973 graduate research programs “Sirius”. Second – 1 261 student at the age of 14 and 18 from regional schools.
the Children talked about their assessments for the year in Russian and mathematics, the results of OGE. Plus fill out a special questionnaire compiled by psychologists to assess personality characteristics.
the Results? Annual school evaluation of pupils “Sirius” on average, scored higher than their peers. But the differences overall were not very large. And here are the results for OGE differed drastically.
– teachers can be unconscious expectations of children with high abilities, – says senior researcher of the laboratory of cognitive and interdisciplinary studies NTU Sirius Maxim Likhanov.
According to him, many capable students have heard the phrase “You can do better, so four.” But if the child is gifted, then his “excellent” or “good” is not equivalent to the same assessments by its peers.
– it Turns out that the school assessment is not shared by high ability and ordinary level – concludes the scientist.
And here’s another interesting observation: in both groups, girls received an average rating for the year is higher than their classmates. Although the results of examinations of the differences between girls and boys is not. Scientists claim this supports the hypothesis that personality characteristics can affect valuation.
the fact is that girls, on average, more prosocial and conscientious than boys. Teachers can view this as a positive response and put the girls higher scores.
Another important fact: gifted students who visited the “Sirius” were more anxious and less sociable than their peers from ordinary schools.
– One of the most common explanations: gifted students are simply more interesting to study than to communicate or participate in social life of the school, – said Maxim Likhanov. And increased anxiety can be associated with elevated expectations of the environment.
But these differences in General are not as large and not yet identified the individual personality traits that strongly differ between gifted children and their peers. Differences become stronger, if we consider several different features together.
