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Download full textIllinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1974
Although the reader may wish to use the entire American College Testing (ACT) Program Profile for detailed study and comparison, this abstract is prepared to give a brief overview of the highlights contained in that report. The format presented in this abstract might also serve as a model for a brief profile of student characteristics at the local…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Freshmen, College Students, Community Colleges
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1992
These six guides on identifying and assisting the gifted school-age child are specifically addressed to either clinical social workers, school social workers, school counselors, nurses, physicians, and psychologists. Each leaflet examines the role of the target professional in providing assistance to gifted children. For example, the social…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Intervention
California Association for the Gifted. – 1998
This guide for parents of gifted children answers frequently asked questions, identifies resources, and text of relevant California laws and regulations. Preliminary material includes an introduction and a "Declaration of the Educational Rights of the Gifted Child" by Barbara Clark. Part 1 provides answers to parents' questions…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Advocacy, Child Rearing, Educational Legislation
Bauersfeld, H., Ed.; And Others – 1975
This document contains seven papers (two written in English, the rest in German) on cognitive and non-cognitive variables in mathematics education. Abstracts of all seven articles are provided both in English and in German. The two English-written papers discuss individual differences that might influence the effectiveness of instruction in…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Attitudes, Cognitive Ability, Elementary School Mathematics
Sayler, Micheal – 1994
This guide for parents of gifted children in Texas is intended to provide general information and sources of additional help. Section 1 examines the meaning of being gifted and talented and provides the Texas definition of giftedness, lists of characteristics and concomitant problems of gifted and talented children, and a discussion of the highly…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Child Rearing, Definitions, Educational Legislation
PDF pending restorationERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 14 titles deal with the following topics: case studies of college student and adult composing processes; developing patterns and individual differences in children's writing; writing apprehension's relation to writing quality;…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Ability, Annotated Bibliographies, Children
Johnson, Davis G. – 1983
A companion volume to "Physicians in the Making: Personal, Academic, and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Medical Students from 1950 to 2000" is presented. Five major types of information are presented: backup, year-by-year statistics for the 46 tables and 16 figures in "Physicians in the Making," including data from 1950 through 1982 and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Admission Criteria, Ancillary School Services, College Applicants
