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Cox, June – 1988
This monograph describes the organization, findings, and impact of a 4-year study which investigated programming options for able learners. The study had three goals: to find out what was being done in schools for able learners, to judge the effectiveness of current programs, and to recommend practices and programs which would result in…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Download full textUpdate on Gifted Education, 1992
This theme issue of "Update on Gifted Education" brings together accounts of diverse efforts being made to encourage excellence and equity in schools. A dialogue with Lionel R. Meno, Commissioner of Education in Texas, stresses how services for gifted students fit into the larger picture of addressing the needs of all students, examines…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, Robert S. – Scope, 1993
This theme issue on acceleration of gifted students offers an Ontario (Canada) perspective on early entrance to school and grade-skipping. It begins with a history of acceleration programs and then outlines their current status, with less than 40 percent of school boards with gifted programs using some form of acceleration. It goes on to analyze…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Age Grade Placement
Lockwood, Anne Turnbaugh – Focus in Change, 1993
This theme issue presents a variety of viewpoints on the topic of educational programs for gifted and talented students, in three papers by Anne Turnbaugh Lockwood. The first paper, "Beyond the Golden Chromosome," reviews the ideas of Joseph S. Renzulli concerning the definition of giftedness, use of the label of gifted, the need for…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Definitions, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Maley, Donald, Ed.; Starkweather, Kendall N., Ed. – 1982
This yearbook consists of 14 articles dealing with the contributions of industrial arts to selected areas of education. Included among the articles presented are the following: "Industrial Arts and Its Contribution to the Education of the Elementary School Child," by Michael J. Williams; "Industrial Arts and Its Contribution in Assisting the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Education, Consumer Education, Decision Making
Youth Studies Abstracts, 1984
This quarterly publication contains 106 abstracts of educational materials published in Australia, covering social and educational developments, programs, and program materials. In the first two sections of the document, the abstracts are arranged in clusters according to prime subject matter. The topics covered, listed at the front of the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Citations (References), Curriculum Development, Disabilities
