Reading Interests, Attitudes and Critical Thinking Skills of Gifted Children

It was stated that gifted children read earlier than their peers and their reading interests and attitude were high. Critical reading skills are considered as one of the top-level reading skills. In this study, it was examined interest and attitudes in reading and critical reading skills of 50 gifted students. Also the relationship between critical reading skills and reading attitude was examined. It was found that gifted students read more books, prefer mystery and science fiction novel and read books according to their choice and preference. Also it was observed a high correlation between critical reading skills and reading attitude