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Delisle, Jim; Lewis, Barbara A. – 2002
This guide is intended for teachers and administrators of programs for gifted students. Following an introductory chapter, six chapters present six survival strategies (sample subtopics in parentheses): (1) set a solid foundation for your program (stating your mission and philosophy, conducting a needs assessment); (2) cast a wide net to identify…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Austin Independent School District, TX. – 1989
The AIM High Program was developed for elementary school children in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District who demonstrate unusually high ability, interest, and motivation in language arts, mathematics, science, and art. Students are identified for the program through standardized test scores, teacher recommendation, student interest,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Gifted
Moon, Sidney M.; And Others – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1991
This article describes one school district's efforts to improve the identification procedures for an elementary pullout program for gifted students through systematic reassessment and revision. Revisions made in the areas of student nomination, data gathering, data synthesis, diagnostic assessment, and validation are discussed. Results from…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Raby, Orrene – School Art, 1988
An art program for talented and gifted seventh and eighth grade students is described, focusing on student selection, teaching techniques, funding, and evaluation. Included are a screening test for talented art students and a form to aid students in verbalizing about their art projects. (JDD)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Admission Criteria, Art Education, Creative Art
Landrum, Mary S., Ed.; Callahan, Carolyn M., Ed.; Shaklee, Beverly D., Ed. – 2000
This book is a guide to the standards for programs designed for gifted and talented students developed by the National Association for Gifted Students in 1998. The guide is intended to provide practical help to practitioners by including annotations that supply a rationale and further explanations for each standard. A standard statement,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Davis, Gary A.; Rimm, Sylvia B. – 2004
The new edition of this text provides updated views, events, and research findings, including a study of extraordinarily successful career women, more attention to gifted education in rural areas, counseling of gay students, and suicide prevention. Chapters have the following titles: (1) "Gifted Education: Matching Instruction with Needs"; (2)…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Careers
Hill Top Spectrum, 1987
The four issues contain articles on the diagnosis and treatment of learning disabilities (LDs). Article titles and authors include: "Learning Disability Specialist Looks at Foreign Language Instruction" (Elissa Fisher); "Physician Questions Reliability of Central Auditory Processing Tests in Diagnosing LD" (Daniel Schwartz); "Educator Urges…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Auditory Perception, Auditory Tests, Clinical Diagnosis
Nova Scotia Dept. of Education, Halifax. – 1980
This guide is intended to help social studies educators in Nova Scotia develop a junior-senior high school program for students who have had a history of learning difficulties and whose acquisition of skills has been slower than average. The first part of the guide contains a definition of the student for whom the program is intended, guidelines…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Area Studies, Citizenship Education, Community Study