Influencing Parents' Attitudes toward Gifted Education

Abstract

The relationships among parent awareness education, selected variables, and parental attitudes toward gifted children and programs serving them were examined. Parents of gifted and nongifted children were randomly assigned to one of two parent education meetings and invited to attend on the evening specified by group membership. Results indicated that parent attitudes, as measured by the Wiener Attitude Scale, varied significantly according to attendance or nonattendance at the meeting and were directly related to relative level of parents' intentions to support educational programs for gifted students. It is suggested that parent education meetings may be beneficial in encouraging support for and awareness of gifted and talented education.

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