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Peer reviewedCantrell, Mary Lou; Ebdon, Susan Austin; Firlik, Russell; Johnson, Diane; Rearick, Dianne – Educational Leadership, 1997
Designing projects around Gardner's multiple intelligences, a Connecticut school created a one-week summer camp where children can tap into their unique strengths. The Summer Stars program allows children ages 7-12 to choose materials and activities from many topics and to participate in one of three internships involving a discovery museum, a…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Intellectual Development, Multiple Intelligences
Peer reviewedMaker, C. June; And Others – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1996
This study compared two teachers' levels of implementation of the DISCOVER approach to gifted education and the resulting effects on number of students identified as gifted and on problem-solving behaviors. Significant relationships were found between level of implementation and positive changes in mathematics problem solving and numbers of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Gifted
Peer reviewedReid, Carol; Udall, Ann; Romanoff, Brenda; Algozzine, Bob – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1999
Findings are presented of a gifted identification assessment at the second-grade level (n=600) founded on the principles of Gardner's Multiple Intelligences theory. Positive relations were evident among scores for different types of intelligences and the traditional measure. The Problem Solving Assessment procedure resulted in a more diverse…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Gifted
Holbrook, Pixie J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
A teacher describes the frustrations of an intelligent, learning-disabled fourth-grader who cannot pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System despite standard academic accommodations. The teacher advocates development of alternative or "nonstandard" accommodations and tests that assess students' spatial, problem-solving, and…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Failure, Elementary Education, High Stakes Tests
Glandon, Shan – 2000
This volume brings award-winning literature to all areas of the science curriculum. The lesson plan format includes the four stages of engagement, elaboration, exploration, and connection. Each story is followed by activities that make connections between literature, science, and the arts. Chapters include: (1) "Frog Went A-Courtin',"…
Descriptors: Art, Childrens Literature, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education
