Abstract

The research aimed at applying the American Naglieri Scale for detecting talented students in the Saudi environment and verifying the degree of a significant statistical correlation between it and the Saudi Talent Test “Mawhiba” which applied in Saudi Arabia as a criterion for acceptance in the gifted classes. The test was Applied on a pilot sample consisted of (52) students to examine both reliability and consistency. The research showed high values indicating the validity of the scale for application. The study sample consisted of (426) students from intermediate first grade. They were selected randomly in the following regions: Tabuk, Qassim, Makkah, Eastern and Asir. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the arithmetical mean of male students' and female students' responses on the scale for the favor of females. There is statistical correlation between the Naglieri Test and Mawhiba Test (0.6). Where the Naglieri test is a good predictor for Mawhiba. The research presented many recommendations, which the most important is the use of the Naglieri test results in preparing the psychological page for talented students to be used in building talented students’ programs and not to relay on collective tests in their classification and to use individual tests.