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Peer reviewedCallahan, Carolyn, Ed. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1992
This article describes nine federally funded projects serving gifted children. Three projects serve young children (New Horizons, Project Synergy, and Project STRENGTHS); three focus on disadvantaged or minority populations; and the remaining three deal with nurturing scientific and mathematical talent, studying educational policy, and using music…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
Peer reviewedHiatt, Evelyn Levsky – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1994
Project Promise, designed to provide leadership opportunities to middle school students from low socioeconomic environments, supplemented in-school curricular options with a home visitor. The home visitor served as a liaison between students' families and the school and assisted families in obtaining social services and information about career…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Gifted Disadvantaged
Download full textOhio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Special Education. – 1992
This report describes three model demonstration projects in Ohio school districts which focused on identifying types of gifted underachievers and providing them with services through unique instructional models. Provided for each program is information on: identifying characteristics (district, location, school population, project director);…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Demonstration Programs, Enrichment Activities, Gifted Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedBaldwin, Alexinia Young – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1994
The Javits 7+ Gifted and Talented Program (Community School District 18, Brooklyn, New York) was designed to provide an opportunity for socioeconomically disadvantaged children to receive intensive school-based activities that would prepare them for gifted education programs. Teachers assessed students using Howard Gardner's concept of multiple…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Gifted Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedTaradash, Gloria – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1994
A Javits grant implemented statewide in Kentucky used innovative curriculum and team teaching to identify and serve middle school gifted students. Project components included interdisciplinary curriculum development, staff development, expanded provision of services, alternative methods for identifying middle school gifted students, and parent…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Gifted
Ribich, Frank M.; Barone, William P. – 1989
Sixteen underachieving gifted students at Oliver High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, were identified for a pilot program called Project Inspire, which sought to improve student achievement and build self-esteem, especially for disadvantaged Afro-American students. Teachers were selected as mentors for the students, and the mentors were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Black Students, Demonstration Programs
Peer reviewedO'Tuel, Frances S. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1994
The Academic Programs for Gifted with Excellence and Equity (APOGEE) serves the top 25% of students in various categories, such as disadvantaged, minorities, underachievers, limited English speakers, and students with disabilities. Their teachers have been trained in implementing a student-centered talent development program emphasizing choices,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
