Researcher Wejdan Mohammed Al-Ghamdi examined the relationship between design thinking and entrepreneurial orientation among gifted and non-gifted high school students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study aimed to identify the nature of this relationship and assess whether significant differences exist in students’ average scores on the design thinking scale and the entrepreneurial orientation scale based on variables such as gender and student classification (gifted or non-gifted). This research was conducted as part of the requirements for a Master’s degree in Gifted Education at the College of Education, Administrative and Technical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University (AGU).

Using a descriptive correlational methodology, the researcher sampled 320 male and female high school students from public and private schools in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The sample included 148 gifted students and 172 non-gifted students. The study employed two main instruments: the design thinking scale and the entrepreneurial orientation scale.

The findings revealed a statistically significant positive correlation between design thinking and its dimensions and entrepreneurial attitudes and their dimensions among both gifted and non-gifted students. The results also indicated statistically significant differences in the correlation between the overall design thinking score and the overall entrepreneurial orientation score among gifted and average students, with average students scoring higher than gifted students.

Additionally, there were significant differences in mean scores of students on the design thinking scale based on their classification, with gifted students scoring higher. Significant differences due to interaction between gender and student classification also emerged, favoring average male students over gifted male students, and gifted female students over their non-gifted counterparts. Furthermore, on the overall orientation scale, gifted students demonstrated higher overall attitudes toward entrepreneurship than average students.

The research was supervised by Prof Dr Abdelnasser Diab Al Jarrah and Prof Fatima Ahmed Al-Jassim.