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ERIC Number: EJ496240
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3532
Predictors of a General Attitude toward Gifted Education.
Begin, Jean; Gagne, Francoys
Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v18 n1 p74-86 Fall 1994
A survey of 139 teachers and 138 parents identified educational level and family income as predictors of attitudes toward gifted education. Analysis of extracted principal components found that socioeconomic status and contact with giftedness explained 12% and 10%, respectively, of the variance in attitude scores. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Income, Gifted, Parent Attitudes, Predictor Variables, Regression (Statistics), Social Influences, Socioeconomic Status, Special Education, Statistical Analysis, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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