A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Enrichment Program on Future Problem-Solving Skills of Gifted Students

Abstract

The current study analyzes the studies concerned with the impact of enrichment programs on the skills of future problem-solving of gifted students between 2010-2023. The sample comprised (16) studies: (4) were correlative, and (12) were quasi-experimental. The study adopted the descriptive analytical approach using the meta-analysis method. It aimed to identify the efficacy of gifted enrichment programs in developing future solving-problem skills. According to the correlative and quasi-experimental designs, the results revealed a significant impact of such programs on developing the skills mentioned above. They also unveiled that there were differences with statistical significance attributed to academic-level variables according to the correlative designs. Still, no differences were attributed to that same variable regarding the quasi-experimental designs. As for gender variables, differences with statistical significance were found, according to the correlative and quasi-experimental. The study, a rare of its kind, recommends conducting further research in the field to enable researchers of this study to generalize its results.