COMMUNICATION SKILLS LEVEL FOR GIFTED STUDENTS IN AJLOUN GOVERNORATE IN LIGHT OF SOME VARIABLES AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Abstract

The study aimed to reveal the level of Communication skills among gifted students from the school students at Ajloun Governorate in light of some demographic variables (Gender, grade, the educational level of father and mother and the economic level of the family).To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used:Communication Skills Scale, depending on the theoretical framework which was developed by Al-Hamidat (2007), and the researcher developed it to suit the study sample.And the indications of validity and reliability were high for this scale, and the sample consists of (127) students from Gifted students, who are chosen randomly stratified from upper primary and secondary classes, and the data was analyzed by finding arithmetic means and standard deviations, the value of (T) and One-way analysis of variance. The results of the study showed that the total level of communication skills and its fields among Talented students was high, and It also showed that there weren't statistically significant differences at the significance level (α≤0.05) in degrees of communication skills between Gifted students regarding to gender, educational level of parents, and the economic level of the family and class except in the emotional management field. It was shown that there is a Statistical significance positive correlation at the level (α≤0.05) between total communication skills, speaking skills, emotional management and academic achievement. The results were also discussed in the light of theoretical literature and previous studies and some recommendations were suggested based on the study results.