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| Published: September 25, 2017
A Study of Achievement Motivation and Locus of Control in Gifted and Non-Gifted Students
PhD, University of Tehran, Tehran Province, Tehran, District 16, Azar St، Enghelab Square, Iran
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PhD, University of Tehran, Tehran Province, Tehran, District 16, Azar St، Enghelab Square, Iran
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MA, University of Birjand, South Khorasan Province, Birjand, A78, 97175615, Iran
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DIP: 18.01.126/20170404
DOI: 10.25215/0404.126
ABSTRACT
Aim: The purpose of the present study is to compare of achievement motivation and locus of control in gifted and non-gifted students. Method: A group of 170 (N=170) first grade of high school in the Birjand city (Iran) students (40 gifted girls, 40 gifted boys and 45 non-gifted girls, 45 non-gifted boys) were selected by a random method. The between-group difference was assessed using the student’s t-test for dependent data. Result: The level of p<0.01 was considered significant. Significant between group differences were found among gifted and non-gifted students with the achievement motivation and locus of control.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2017 Motamedi F, Bonab B G & Farzi Z
Received: August 13, 2017; Revision Received: September 19, 2017; Accepted: September 25, 2017
Farzaneh Motamedi @ f.motamedi@gmail.com
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.126/20170404
10.25215/0404.126
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Published in Volume 04, Issue 4, July-September, 2017