A summer enrichment program integrated language arts skills with outdoor education to produce a qualitatively different program to meet the needs of gifted students. (CL)

Nine to 14-year-old writers who participated in the Young People's Institute, a summer program for gifted and talented students, worked on tasks based on the Enrichment Triad Model. Examples of the work from their anthology are presented. (CL)

The article describes College Academy, a summer school program for gifted and academically talented elementary children in Framingham, Massachusetts, designed to offer imaginative and challenging courses unavailable in a regular school setting. (DLS)

Intended for parents and educators of academically talented students, the newletter presents highlights of the Midwest Talent Search (MTS) project and related information on gifted education. The goals and course offerings of MTS are described, and an address by Julian Stanley to gifted students is summarized. Summer program highlights of the MTS…

This report describes the second year of an award-winning summer enrichment program aimed at developing independent learning skills and encouraging lifelong learning in gifted elementary students. The program featured contact with university scholars actively involved in problem solving, introduction to general bodies of knowledge, and in-depth…

A summer enrichment program at the University of Redlands (California) for elementary and junior high gifted students focused on leadership skills, specifically creativity problem solving in groups. Data analysis and measurement posed a problem. (CL)

Presented are aspects of program planning and administration as developed by Opportunity for Advanced Student Involvement in Studies, a summer program for 450 gifted students (grades 1-8) of the Charleston, SC public schools. (BB)

The article presents an interview with Dr. Franz Huber, developer and director of the American University Summer Enrichment Program for Gifted and Talented Children (6 to 11 years old). A list of guidelines for parents is also offered. (SB)

The case study describes a summer program designed for an 8-year-old American Indian boy who had demonstrated superior reasoning abilities but poor academic skills. Measures used in identification and diagnosis are discussed, and reasons for re-evaluating an initial label of learning disabilities are considered. It is explained that a program was…

Describes a college's summer program for gifted students entering fifth through eighth grade, which included production of a student newspaper. (GW)

Gifted children have the same health needs as do other children, but because of their accelerated intellectual abilities, their need for information may out-distance that of peers. Aspects of a special summer health course, designed for academically talented fourth and fifth graders, are described. (Author/JMK)

Experience a Practicum with Exceptional Children (EPEC), university lecture courses and practicum experience within a local school district, offered field-based teacher education on the needs of handicapped students. The EPEC summer program recruited elementary students who were gifted, learning disabled, educable mentally retarded, mildly…

Carnegie Mellon University's two-week summer enrichment program for mathematically gifted students in grades three through six is described, with attention to eligibility and student identification, a problem-solving emphasis, a typical day, staffing, instructional materials, and questioning techniques. The two enrichment courses involved…

Space Academy is a three-week theme study summer camp for grade one-eight students. Science, humanities, fine arts, and physical activities are intertwined. Physical activities integrate movement skills, fitness development and concepts, and social and emotional skills into the camp's theme. (IAH)

Describes a college summer program that gives gifted elementary school children practice in newspaper production skills. (RL)