The level of gifted students’ satisfaction regarding the program of gifted students at the Common First Year - King Saud University

Abstract

The current study aimed at identifying the level of satisfaction of gifted students regarding the gifted students’ program at the Common First Year, King Saud University, and to identify statistically significant differences among participants, based on variables such as gender, academic track, giftedness field. To achieve this, the author used a descriptive approach. The study sample consisted of (72) students from the total of (150) students who are registered in the gifted students’ program at the common first year in 2020. The study data was collected through a questionnaire distributed electronically to the study sample. The results revealed that students are satisfied with the gifted student’s program, where the overall degree fell into all the four factors of the study tool: identification, caring style, meeting needs, and program’s environment, in a "strong" range. The results also indicated that there were no statistically significant differences among the participants depending on gender variables, academic track and giftedness field. Some of the study's findings showed that gifted students in both art and technical fields have low levels of satisfaction with the program compared to their colleagues in other giftedness areas, with some of their responses falling within a "weak" range. .