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Duke gifted student program

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It is emphasized that when compared with their peers, gifted children emotionally and socially can have different needs in comparison with their peers ( 5, 6). The different social and emotional needs arising from the asynchronousity between the cognitive and physical development of gifted children and problems that may arise from them are a subject that has been studied for years ( 4). In Turkey, in determining of gifted students, teacher notification, aptitude tests, individual intelligence tests are used generally ( 3).

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For the full understanding of the potentials of gifted students, the using of multiple diagnostic tools gives more reliable results ( 2). The definition of giftedness comprises of superior intelligence level, superiority in academic field and leadership skills, creativity and artistic skills ( 1).

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