The Motivational Forethoughts Of Gifted Students In Mathematical Problem Solving Situations

The aim of this study is to indicate the gifted students’ motivational forethoughts about the mathematical problems with in detail. 10 problem solving sessions were carried out with three 10th grade gifted students. According to the results, the students evaluated the difficulty of the problems based on previous performances, whether they like the type of problem and lack of their content knowledge. They had self-efficacy about solving correctly. The students had goal orientations mostly towards learning. They mostly expressed their reasons for considering the problem as valuable based on whether the problems caught their attention and whether they considered the problems as significant or not.