Abstract:

The aim of the research is to reveal the attitude of students with high mathematics achievements towards learning, teaching and teaching - learning conditions in Lithuanian secondary schools.

Research methods: questionnaire-based inquiry, statistical analysis of data, analysis of literature, comparative analysis.

The questionnaire was given to 50 students who all participated in the Olympiad of mathematics of Lithuanian Republic. After having been adopted to meet the objectives of the study, the questionnaire of D.H. Rost is used in this study.

After the study has been carried out, it is revealed, what the attitude of the subjects is towards the current and desirable situation of education of students with high mathematics achievements in Lithuanian secondary schools. The data of the investigation lets distinguish the essential characteristics of education and its conditions at social educational (country), institutional (school), and interpersonal (class) level; to compare the current and desirable situation, comparing students’ evaluations; to reveal how the evaluation of the situation of education of gifted students depends on the school type, the living place of the student and the gender of the student.

Keywords:

High achievements, attitude, mathematic, teaching, learning, teaching- learning conditions.