Comparative Study on Scientific Inquiry Thinking Ability of Scientifically Gifted Students by Talent Division

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the scientific inquiry thinking ability of scientifically gifted by talent division. Subjects were 80 gifted students, who were applicants for admission of Science Education Institute for the Gifted. Scientific inquiry ability test consisted of five divisions: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and earth science. Either division consisted of 25 problems of five domains: perceiving problem, designing inquiry, performing inquiry, interpreting data, and concluding. Totally mathematically, physically and chemically gifted students had higher scores than biologically and earth scientifically gifted even though there was no difference among them. Scores of scientific inquiry ability of the mathematically gifted were significantly higher than those of the biologically and earth scientifically gifted. The results suggested in examinations to select as well as educate scientifically gifted students in Science Education Institute for the Gifted.