Motivation of gifted pupils towards negative school performance

Abstract

The article presents a research survey using the KLIT questionnaire (Climate of the school class). The research group is composed of gifted pupils (n = 208) from lower secondary education (ISCED2) in the Czech Republic. The analysis focuses on one of the areas of the questionnaire, Motivation to negative school performance. The construct validity of this dimension has been verified by exploratory factor analysis, overall results can be considered as reliable. The results show that 15 % of gifted pupils declare a high degree of negative motivation towards school performance. 69 % of gifted pupils agree with the claim that they could have better results at school, but they are hardly going to work regularly. The risk group is primarily pupils who are included in a special school for gifted pupils but who have special educational needs at the same time. © The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.