3.10.4 Conditions gifted students and their peers prefer when working alone and with others on a challenging project

Canadian students (n=325) in Grades 6-8 with low, moderate, high, and gifted reasoning ability completed a survey assessing their preferences for individual and collaborative project-work under different conditions. Gifted students, like their peers, did not have a preference for learning alone or with others. They preferred both, under different conditions. The popularity of reliable co-workers, avoiding conflict, protecting their grade, competition, and working alone on Math projects increased with ability. The conditions most important to students’ preferences for individual and collaborative project-work were heterogeneous within and across all ability groups.

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