Guidance Needs of Gifted Students in Ajloun Governorate in Light of Some Variables

Abstract

The study aimed to disclose the guidance needs of gifted students at Ajloun Governorate in light of some demographic variables (gender, grade, educational level of the parents, and economic level of the family). To achieve the purposes of this study, the researchers used the counseling needs scale, based on the theoretical framework of the foundations of counseling and psychological guidance, that was built by Mann and Araba Asaad (2009), and the researchers developed it to suit the study sample, and high validity and reliability indicators were found for this scale. The sample consisted of (127) gifted students, and they were selected in a randomly stratified manner from the upper and secondary basic grades. The data was analyzed through Finding arithmetic means, standard deviations, finding the value of (t), and one-way analysis of variance. The results of the study showed that the level of guidance needs among gifted students Of school students was medium. It was also shown that there were statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α≤ 0.05) in the scores of guidance needs among gifted students according to the gender variable and in favor of females. There were also statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α≤ 0.05) at the degrees of Guidance needs among gifted students for the grade variable in favor of the highest grade, it was also shown that there aren't any statistically significant differences in the degrees of guidance needs among gifted students for the educational level variable of the parents and the economic level variable of the family. The results were also discussed in light of theoretical literature and previous studies, and some recommendations were suggested  based on the results of the study.