Abstract

Accurate assessment and early identification of gifted children is of great importance in terms of providing them with educational programs tailored for their abilities in specific areas. Individually administered intelligence tests are widely used to identify gifted children, and an above-average level of intellectual capacity is generally accepted as the main criterion for giftedness. This study aimed to investigate the utility of the Turkish version of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) to distinguish gifted children from non-gifted children. For this purpose, 201 gifted children and 201 non-gifted children were included in the study. To be able to determine the predictive power of the WISC-IV index and subtest scores, logistic regression analyses were performed. Results indicated that the Perceptual Reasoning Index, Working Memory Index, and Processing Speed Index ​​scores (except Verbal Comprehension Index score), and all subtest scores significantly predicted giftedness. Furthermore, correct classification rates among gifted children were 93% for index scores and 97% for subtest scores. The findings of this study suggest that intelligence scores obtained from the WISC-IV have a diagnostic utility and provide valid and reliable results in identifying gifted children.

摘要

准确评估和早期识别天才儿童对于为他们提供针对他们在特定领域的能力的教育计划非常重要。个别管理的智力测试被广泛用于识别天才儿童，而高于平均水平的智力水平通常被认为是天才儿童的主要标准。本研究旨在调查土耳其版韦氏儿童智力量表第四版 (WISC-IV) 在区分天才儿童和非天才儿童方面的效用。为此，研究包括了 201 名天才儿童和 201 名非天才儿童。为了能够确定 WISC-IV 指数和分测验分数的预测能力，进行了逻辑回归分析。结果表明，感知推理指数、工作记忆指数和处理速度指数得分（除了语言理解指数得分）和所有子测验得分都显着预测了天才。此外，天才儿童的正确分类率在指数分数和分测验分数上分别为 93% 和 97%。这项研究的结果表明，从 WISC-IV 获得的智力分数具有诊断效用，并在识别天才儿童方面提供了有效和可靠的结果。