The Difference between Gifted and Ordinary Children in Jordan in their Use of Intuitive Rules "Everything can be divided".

Abstract

The primary purpose of this study was to examine  the difference between gifted and ordinary students in Jordan in their use of intuitive rule "Everything can be divided". Participants of the study consisted of (240) students divided into two groups (120 gifted, and 120 ordinary students),   I used a questionnaire including 4 tasks relate to the  rule " Everything can be divided". An analysis of variance was carried out for correct responses for intuitive rule " Everything can be divided" with the factors giftedness (ordinary, gifted) and grade level (10^th 11^th 12^th grades).  Results indicate that the percentages of the correct responses are similar in the two groups, and also the percentages of correct responses were given by the gifted students to one of the tasks is even lower than that given by the ordinary groups.

Keywords: Gifted, Ordinary Children, Intuitive Rule "Everything can be divided".