Investigate Attitudes of Parents and Teachers About Educational Placement of Gifted Students

One of the main barriers to the implementation of integrating gifted students is changing attitudes. The purpose of this study was to investigating of the attitudes of parents and teachers about educational placement of gifted students. The statistical population of study included all parents and teachers of gifted students in Babol city that all of them (64 teachers and 96 parents) were selected as a sample. Attitudes assessment of parents and teachers of gifted student's inventory was used to collect the data. The results indicated that both parents and teachers have negative attitudes about integration of gifted students. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.