A Study on Gifted Students` Perceptions about Concepts `Sport` through Drawing-writting Methodology

Authors : Aylin Özge PEKEL, Hande YAZICIOĞLU, Levent İLHAN

Pages : 219-231

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Publication Date : 2019-12-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The purpose of this study is to determine emotion s and opinion s of gifted students attending to Science and Art   Center   towards sports. In this study, study group was composed of 61 students who attended to Science and Art Centers in Ankara cities during the spring semester of 2018-2019 academic years. It was used qualitative research approach in this study. The drawing-writing technique was used as data collection instruments. The data obtained from participants were coded from 1 to 61. The data collected were subject to content analysis. Categories were given according to frequencies values. While collec  ting research data, students were asked to fill personal information forms and to draw their about sports. Content analysis method was utilized for data analysis. These steps were coding and sorting, creating a sample metaphor list, setting categories, providing validity and reliability, and converting metaphors into quantitative data. Obtained data were transposed to tables with descriptive statistics as frequency values and percentile values. As a result, it was   seen that students mostly made drawings belonging of as a amusement , and developmental domain s.    
Keywords : Gifted students, sports, perceptions, drawing writing techniques, metaphor