英文摘要 |
The purposes of this study were (a) to examine the difference between gifted students' acceptance of gifted label, self-concept and the life adjustment to gifted elementary school students in terms of sex, grade and educational placement, (b) to probe into the relationship between gifted students' acceptance of gifted label and self-concept, and the relationship between gifted students' acceptance of gifted label and life adjustment, (c) to further probe into the predictability of life adjustment by the acceptance of gifted label and self-concept. Samples were collected from 257 elementary school students in gifted resource classes in Kaohsiung City and 104 elementary school students in gifted special classes in Tainan City. They were the 4th-grade students or the 6th-grade students. Three research tools were used for the purposes of this study. They were: ”The Self-concept Scale for Elementary School Students,” ”The Life Adjustment Scale for Elementary School Students” and ”The Acceptance of the Gifted Label Scale for Gifted Elementary School Students.” The main findings of this study were as follows: a. Integratedly, the gifted students' acceptance of gifted label was above average. b. The interaction of sex, grade and educational placement was significant different to the acceptance of gifted label on gifted students: (1) When it was the situation that students in 6th-grade in gifted resource classes, gifted boys ”acceptance of gifted label wore better than girls”. (2) When it was the situation that girls in gifted resource classes or boys in gifted special classes, 4th-grade gifted students' acceptance of gifted label were better than 6th-grade one's. (3) When it was the situation that gifted boys in 4th-grade or gifted girls in 6th-grade, students' acceptance of gifted label in gifted special classes were better than the one's in gifted resource classes. c. The interaction of sex, grade and educational placement was significant different to self-concept on gifted students: (1) When it was the situation that 6th-grade students in gifted resource classes, boys' self-concept were better than girls. (2) When it was the situation that girls in gifted resource classes or boys in gifted special classes, 4th-grade students' self-concept were better than 6th-grade one's. (3) There was no significant difference in educational placement. d. There were no significant difference in life adjustment in terms of sex, grade and educational placement. e. There was a significant relationship between gifted students' acceptance of gifted label and overall self-concept and the six subscales of the ”The Self-concept Scale for Elementary School Students.” They were: ”family-self,” ”school-self,” ”semblance-self,” ”physical appearance-self” and ”emotion-self.” f. There were significant relationship between gifted students' acceptance of gifted label and overall life adjustment and the nine subscales of the ”The Life Adjustment Scale for Elementary School Students.” They were: ”adjustment in study and play games,” ”goals for living,” ”affiliation,” ”emotional stability,” ”social adjustment,” ”social skill,” ”nervousness,” ”physical inferiority,” and ”overall adjustment.” g. The ”emotion-self,” ”school-self,” ”physical appearance-self,” ”family-self,” in ”The Self-concept Scale for Elementary School Students” could predict the life adjustment effectively. |