African Educational Research Journal - 8 - Investigation of Gifted Students' Skills of Saying 'No' Through Neural Networks

Oct 15, 2026

Study investigates primary and middle school students’ skills of saying “no” in relation to special ability, gender, location, and age, using a correlational survey model. Sample includes 259 gifted students aged 7–13 from BİLSEM centers in Iğdır and Isparta, selected via convenient sampling based on intelligence and ability tests. Results show special ability predicts higher refusal but lower resistance scores; gender has no significant effect. Location and age also differ, while neural networks indicate special ability as most important.

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African Educational Research Journal Vol. 8(4), pp. 703-713, October 2020 DOI: 10. 30918/AERJ.84.20.153 ISSN: 2354-2160 Full Length Research Paper Investigation of gifted students' skills of saying 'no'through neural networks Volkan Duran1*, Hüseyin Mertol2 and Gizem Yurtdaş3 1 Psychology Department, Iğdır University, Iğdır, 23SIğcıiraBl İSLcSiencEM,es TeacTurkeyhing Department, Isparta Accepted 18 September, 2020 Turkey. Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey. | ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is to investigate the primary and middle school students' skills of saying 'no' in terms of having special ability, gender, location and age. The study was designed based on the correlational survey model. Population of the study was selected in accordance to convenient sampling method because of time and fund limitations for doing reseach with populations having more number of participants or individuals specially chosen based on specific criteria. It consists of 259 gifted students in different age groups ranging from 7 years old to 13 years old studying centers of science and arts (BİLSEM) in Iğdır and Isparta provinces in Turkey.It should be noted that the students in these centers are chosen based on particular intelligence and ability tests. First finding of our study shows that students having special ability have higher points in the context of refusal dimension but lesser points in terms of resistance dimension. Second finding of our study is that there is no significant difference between students for the skills of saying'no' in terms of gender. Third finding of our study shows that students in Iğdır have higher points in the context of refusal dimension but lesser points in terms of resistance dimension. Fourth of our study shows that students who are 10 and 11 years old have higher points than others in the context of refusal dimension and students who are 13 years old have higher mean ranks in terms of resistance dimension. Finally, the neural network model shows that the most important factor is to have special ability, the second significant factor is the location, the third one is the age and the last one is the gender which is compatible with our finding. The result showing that the most important factor is to have special ability implies that there is a strong relationship between disposition of saying “no” as a result of critical thinking disposition with having special ability.
Keywords: The skill of saying 'no', critical thinking skill, gifted students, neural networks. | | --- | | *Corresponding author. E-mail: [volkan.duran8@gmail.com](volkan.duran8@gmail.com). | INTRODUCTION Apart from their personal, political, social and economic rights, each individual has other rights arising from the situations which might be specific for each individual and each case. These rights, which are not written and not guaranteed by law, are called “assertiveness rights”(Garner, 2012) . Assertiveness rights are the right to change one’s own behavior and ideas, to take responsibility only for the things which are desired or wished, to make mistakes, to say "I don't know, I don't understand or it doesn’t concern me" (Smith, 1998) . Assertiveness was then divided into two categories. Positive assertive behavior includes giving compliments, asking for help, and other actions including voicing a favorable view or seeking services that are managed by others. In negative assertive behavior, one asserts one's rights when they have been, or might be, violated by an unreasonable request. The willingness to refuse drugs is a type of negative competencies (Cleaveland, 1996: 4) . The skill for telling "no" implies that dangerous behaviour can be avoided by self-will and decisions (Aslan and Özcebe, 2008) . These dangerous behaviours can be substance use, sexual abuse, moral or unethical issues, time management problems, possible dangerous offers especially in online environments (Bozkurt, 2020) . For examp

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What does the study investigate regarding students’ “no” skills?

It examines students’ skills of saying “no” with respect to special ability, gender, location, and age.

How was the study designed and who participated?

The study used a correlational survey model. It included 259 gifted students aged 7–13 from science and arts centers (BİLSEM) in Iğdır and Isparta.

Which factors were most important according to the neural network model?

The model identifies special ability as the most important factor, followed by location, then age, and finally gender.

Oct 15, 2026

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