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Benbow, Camilla Persson; And Others – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1992
This article provides research-based suggestions for developing educational options based on acceleration to meet the needs of gifted students in rural areas. Accelerative options offered by both the home school and universities in Iowa are described. (DB)
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Breiter, Joan C. – 1988
This paper explores gifted education and plans for inservice teacher education in gifted education programs in Iowa. A survey was conducted of 238 Iowa public school districts having programs for gifted students. Initial analysis of the data involved a frequency count for each of 13 survey items which rated program emphasis on major provisions of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Inservice Teacher Education
Breiter, Joan – 1978
The status of education for gifted elementary grade children in Iowa was exammned by means of a survey instrument focusing on state guidelines for program development, the ideas of experts in gifted education, and program relationship to Public Law 91-230 (The Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1970). Of the 351 school districts…
Descriptors: Administration, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Federal Legislation
Rosberg, William H. – 1981
The paper addresses issues facing small and rural Iowa school districts that attempt to provide services for their gifted and talented students. Problems with transportation, personnel costs, and the small number of target students are cited, and enrichment program alternatives such as mentorships, educational programing from television and radio,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Delivery Systems, Educational Technology, Educational Television
Peer reviewedStiles, John R. – Middle School Journal, 1994
Discusses several research-based premises underlying meaningful instruction for gifted and regular students. Lessons should be relevant and student centered, and students should be actively involved in their own learning and aware of attainable standards that guarantee high-quality work. This article describes an interdisciplinary Iowa summer…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Ecology, Gifted, Institutes (Training Programs)
Download full textIowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines. – 1969
Definitions, identification, and characteristics of gifted children are considered. Other areas covered are administrative responsibility, principal role, teacher qualifications, and inservice education. Objectives in program development are discussed as are program evaluation and differential education, including programs for enrichment,…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Enrichment Activities
Belcastro, Frank P. – 1998
This paper discusses the outcomes of a 1997 survey of 171 Iowa public school districts on programs offered to gifted students. The survey evaluated whether the school districts offered the following programs: enrichment in the regular classrooms, part-time special classes, full-time special classes, independent study, itinerant teacher,…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Advanced Placement, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
