Learning styles of the gifted students in Turkey

The aim of this study was to determine learning styles of gifted students in Turkey. The sample of the study consists of 386 (Female=164, Male=222) gifted and 410 (Female=209, Male=201) non-gifted primary-second phase students. The Learning Style Scale developed by Sever (2008) and Data Collection Form developed by the researchers were used as data gathering tools. According to the analysis of data, significant differences were found between the gifted students’ learning styles and non-gifted students’ learning styles. Additionally, significant differences were also founded among learning styles of the gifted students taking their gender and grade levels into consideration. © 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd.