Examination of Primary School Teachers’ Opinions about Gifted Students

This study aims to measure primary school teachers’ opinions about gifted students. This research was conducted with class teachers of a private school in Nicosia region of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). In this study, a demographic information form which is composed of 4 questions and an opinion scale which is composed of 33 items were used. The scale contains three dimensions. First dimension of the scale is related with students characteristics; second dimension is related with teacher characteristics and third dimension is related with teaching characteristics. According to the responses of class teachers to the scale, it was found that the opinions of teachers about gifted students did not show any difference based on teaching experience and educational status of the teachers for three dimensions of the scale.