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Blank, Stanley S.; Ellis, Julia L. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1987
"Challenge classes" for secondary students are described in the context of their five-year history in one school district and by comparison with traditional approaches to education of the gifted. The program encourages the learner to push beyond normal curriculum expectations. Content is determined by individual teachers and their students. (JW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Innovation, Gifted
Boyd, Kenneth A. – 1976
Discussed is the responsibility of a public school system to provide for the education of gifted children, and evaluated are alternative approaches toward meeting this responsibility. Examined and compared in terms of academic effectiveness, administrative practicability, political acceptability, and economic feasibility are the following…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Acceleration, Administration
Zedler, Empress Y. – 1968
To investigate procedures whereby schools may achieve maximal results with otherwise normal underachieving pupils with neurologically based language-learning disorders, 100 such subjects were studied over a 2-year period. Fifty experimental subjects remained in regular classes in school and received individualized teaching outside of school hours…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Education, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis