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Wishes of fourth‐through seventh‐grade gifted students
Author(s) -
Karnes Frances A.,
Wherry Jeffrey N.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198104)18:2<235::aid-pits2310180222>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - psychology , gifted education , wish , mathematics education , developmental psychology , pedagogy , anthropology , sociology
Three wishes and primary wishes of fourth‐ through seventh‐grade gifted students participating in a residential program for the gifted were collected and categorized. The results indicated that males wished for material things more often than did females. With the exception of fourth graders, subjects made altruistic wishes more frequently than any other wish.