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Tallent-Runnels, Mary K.; Candler-Lotven, Ann C. – 1996
This book provides information on 80 international, national, and regional academic competitions available to gifted students. An overview of characteristics of good competitions and ways to evaluate them is given. Competition and its impact on gifted and talented students are evaluated, and criteria are given for selecting and implementing…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, Competition, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedPoplin, Mary S. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1995
This article explores the dialectic nature of technology and holism as an example of the way in which reductionism is embedded inside holistic principles. Factors that limit or enhance the activities of individuals with learning disabilities in school and elsewhere are examined, and the role of technology in compensating for and/or developing…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Holistic Approach
Kutsenko, V. A. – Soviet Education, 1990
Questions the effectiveness of the career guidance that Soviet secondary students receive. Discusses a survey of 2,605 students that investigated students' life goals assessments of their labor training and work experiences. Argues that Soviet schools need to correlate career guidance more effectively both with development of individual student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Career Guidance, Education Work Relationship
