As the world becomes smaller in a small field like gifted education, cross-cultural research gives us a unique opportunity to understand top students and academic interventions in a deeper way. In this article, the author describes the importance of cross-cultural research as a way to serve gifted children globally. A description of a…

Talent Development Centers are just one of many tools every family, teacher, and gifted advocate should have in their tool box. To understand the importance of Talent Development Centers, it is essential to also understand the Academic Talent Search Program. Talent Search participants who obtain scores comparable to college-bound high school…

This article introduces the Special Class for the Gifted Young (SCGY), an early college entrance program in mathematics and science in China, which has been a focus for media coverage and public discussion of accelerated education in China. We first describe the admission policy and academic programming of SCGY and delineate its distinct features.…

In her 1970s research at Hunter College Elementary School, Gertrude Hildreth discovered that the best way to explore gifted children was by observing these children in the educational setting. Many researchers usually expound on what should be done for gifted students, yet Hildreth found that much can be learned by formally observing gifted…

The purpose of this article is to provide the reader with a comprehensive yet detailed account of the current giftedness and gifted education situation in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. It is concerned with four main research questions: (1) How is "giftedness" defined in German-speaking countries? (2) How are gifted children…

The Governor's School of North Carolina (West) offers a six-week summer program designed to develop creativity in gifted high school students. (SBH)

The final report of a program offering community-based mentorships for secondary level gifted and talented students contains information on 11 model projects located in the West, Midwest, and Northeast. Offered is a rationale for the use of mentors to provide instruction and role models for gifted students. Criteria for selection of the model…

The paper describes the North Providence (Rhode Island) High School Honors Curriculum, which provides academically gifted juniors and seniors with indepth training in specific academic areas. Specific selection procedures and eligibility criteria are set forth, along with appeals procedures for students. Course descriptions, specific eligibility…

Offered are guidelines for the utilization of community resources to encourage scientific creativity. (DB)

The article discusses the breadth and depth of the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) in its seventh year (1977-78). SMPY emphasizes the educational acceleration of youths who reason unusually well mathematically, and its activities focus on four areas: identification, description, development, and dissemination. (DLS)

Authors provide guidelines for a program utilizing learning stations designed to motivate, stimulate, and guide affective and cognitive education at higher levels of thinking for academically gifted students. This approach to enrichment is defined, and the role of the teacher as facilitator is considered. (SBH)

The stated purpose of the Project for Mathematics Education for Gifted Secondary School Students (MEGSSS) is to provide an instructional program for gifted students utilizing the Elements of Mathematics (EM) Program, a curriculum specifically designed for students with superior reasoning ability in mathematics. This report is the result of an…

An early-entry liberal arts college is described, the interdisciplinary approach stressed by the college is discussed, and a discussion of the school's experimental science curricula is included. (DT)

This program provides challenging mathematics for children with above average mathematical ability, with particular focus on the top third of 10 to 12 year olds. The material was composed on worksheets and categorized under Angles, Circles, Data and Coordinates, Directed Number, Fractions, Measures, Number and Symmetry. (MP)

The article describes the Designed Improvement Program for gifted and talented fourth through twelfth grade students. Sections address three types of enrichment activities based on the J. Renzulli Enrichment Triad Model: general exploratory activities, group training activities, and individual or small group investigation of real problems. (SBH)