@inbook{
author = "Максић, Славица and Весић, Драган and Тењовић, Лазар",
year = "2017",
abstract = "This work deals with characteristic analyses of elementary school fourth graders who accomplished the
highest achievement in TIMSS 2015 in Serbia in order to identify and better understand their personal and
context characteristics. The students whose achievement both in mathematics and science test was above
the eightieth percentile constituted a group of academically gifted students (N=586), which was compared to
the rest of students from a representative national sample whose achievement in at least on one of the two
tests was under the eightieth percentile (N=3450). The differences between the academically gifted group
and the group consisting of the rest of the students were examined in regard to important characteristics of
the students, as well as their family and school background. The data were collected through questionnaires
completed by the students themselves, their parents, their teachers and the principals of the schools those
students attended. Statistical data analysis covered the testing of statistical significance of differences between
the two groups on chosen variables. The obtained results showed that the academically gifted group and the
group of the rest of the students differed on very few included variables and that those differences were weak.
Among the differences in terms of individual characteristics of students, only the differences in mathematics
self-concept were practically significant, whereas among the differences regarding the home background,
those concerning home learning resources, parents’ education, and vocation and parents’ aspirations about
their child’s education, were worth mentioning. Academically gifted students in regard to the rest of the
students, had a more positive mathematics self-concept, better home resources for learning, more educated
parents, parents with a higher professional status and the parents who had higher education aspirations for
their child. It was concluded that the findings of this study were in accordance with the results of earlier studies
of a psychological, pedagogical and sociological profile of the academically gifted students both in Serbia and
other countries. The limitations of the study that could affect the obtained results were pointed out, as well as
the directions of necessary future research in the domain of academic talents. The educational implications of
the results about defining and creating conditions for reaching higher academic achievement with a greater
number of students within Serbian education system were derived.",
publisher = "Београд : Институт за педагошка истраживања",
journal = "TIMSS 2015 у Србији : међународног истраживања постигнућа ученика 4. разреда основне школе из математике и природних наука",
booktitle = "Профил ученика који су остварили највише постигнуће у математици и природним наукама, The profile of students who accomplished the highest achievement in mathematics and science",
pages = "206-183",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ipir_621"
}
