Gifted education today faces a significant challenge in reaching equity as well as excellence. This is reflected in the disproportionate underrepresentation of children from Black, Hispanic, Native, and low-income families. This pattern of underrepresentation within programs for students with gifts and talents is pervasive and pernicious and…

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the ways gifted and talented pupils are served in Finland. The trend toward individualism and freedom of choice as well as national policy affecting gifted education are discussed. Empirical research on Finnish teachers' attitudes toward gifted education with respect to the national…

For readers outside North America, the concept of "honors education" may be confusing (since the word honours features in British and Commonwealth degree titles) or obscure (bringing to mind associations with aristocratic privilege or elitist competition). But in the United States the development of honors programs in colleges, and later honors…

During the past 6 years, the authors have worked and interacted with twice-exceptional middle school students as well as with their parents at an annual residential summer camp. Through surveys and interviews with the parents and their children, the difficulties that twice-exceptional students encounter at school emerged. Furthermore, parents'…

A special summer course for mathematically gifted eighth graders used a problem-centered approach to develop abilities to hypothesize and carry out informal deductive proofs. Students responded well to challenging problems and worked best independently rather than in groups. (Author/CL)

A summer camp for gifted youth (13-16 years old) featured two field archaeology sessions in which students participated in excavation and field trips to nearby archaeological sites along with traditional camp activities. (CL)

A case study of an eight-year-old gifted underachieving Native American is presented to illustrate the importance of ability training in skill deficit areas (rather than a mistaken attempt to teach processes) and of specifically stated objectives. Difficulties in assessment and identification are noted. (CL)

The Georgia Governor's Honors Program features six-week enrichment programs for gifted high school students in the gifted areas of interest: communication arts, mathematics, science, social studies, visual arts, music, voice, design, executive management, theater, dance, and foreign languages. (CL)

The New Jersey Governor's School is designed to foster global awareness, be forward-looking, emphasize certain generally accepted values, foster a sense of personal responsibility, provide an experience to enhance student growth and development, and emphasize student participation. The learning environment consists of four components: community…

The Duke University Precollege Program, Summer Residential Program for Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youths, the By-Mail and Computer Programs are reviewed. These offerings allow brilliant young students to plan a multi-summer program beginning in the summer prior to grade 8 and culminating in the senior year of high school. (Author/CL)

Camp Mind's Eye is a one-week residential summer program for intellectually and creatively gifted children provided by Camp Tyler (Texas), one of the oldest outdoor education facilities. The camp program stresses right brain thinking, a flexible curriculum, and autonomous instructors. (DB)

High school students from throughout Ohio spend one week on the Ohio State University campus for academic, cultural, and social activities. The project is a model for providing differential experiences for gifted secondary students under the auspices of a State Department, University, local school districts, and business community. (Author)

Based on the characteristic of gifted children to master content quickly and on needs of classroom teachers to provide differentiated instruction in content areas, the teacher institute emphasized the role of the content specialist. The highly significant gain from pre- to posttest suggests the institute curriculum was effective. (Author/CL)

The article describes a summer residential enrichment program for gifted students in grades seven to nine. The program featured collaboration between the Junior League of Columbus, Ohio, and Ohio Wesleyan University. (CL)

A summer program in Calhoun County, Texas drew on community volunteers and resources to provide inexpensive enrichment classes for gifted students (grades 6-9) based on identified student interests. (BL)