بعض الدلالات السيكومترية للصورة السعودية لاختبار SAGES-2 للكشف عن الموهوبين في المرحلة الابتدائية و المتوسطة

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This study aimed to develop Saudi version of (SAGES-2) test 'Screening Assessment for gifted elementary and middle school student' and study psychometric characteristics of SAGES-2 on samples of (Gifted, Superior and Normal) which were drawn from primary and middle students in Alhasa Province aged (11-14) and consisted of (1414) according study criteria (male: 691, female: 723).The result showed that the test had a high level of internal consistency, cronbach's ranged between (0.28 - 0.87).

The results also showed that the test has high criterion validity with two test: cognitive abilities test (CogAt) rang (0.74-0.90) with verbal; (0.87-0.96) with Quantative; and (0.85-0.94) with nonverbal.

Correlation coefficient Raven Matrix was 0.87.

The t test showed a significant differences on SAGES-2 test between (gifted, Superior and normal) to the benefit of gifted when their performance comparing to the two other groups; which indicated the discriminate validity of the test.

Correlation between SAGES-2's students scores and their achievement scores were calculated to conclude the predictive validity of the test the correlation coefficient ranged between (0.69-0.85).

Finally, the results of this study revealed acceptable psychometric characteristics of the developing test on student aged (11-14) in Saudi environment.