Guidelines are offered for facilitating independent or small group investigations by gifted and talented students. Steps include exploring student interest, developing the chosen topic, using the management plan, implementing and monitoring the project, and helping students with evaluation. (CL)

Procedures in "webbing"--allowing gifted students to creatively explore alternatives or connections in interesting areas--are described to include topic and subtopic selection, subtopic expansion, discussion, planning, and questioning. A sample unit in space exploration is included, along with unit bibliography and webbing activity checklist. (CL)

The manual describes the development and implementation of a project for gifted and talented students (grades K-12) in a rural, culturally isolated area (Wells River, Vermont). Approaches to the following project components are discussed: needs assessment, project goals and objectives, implementation (including staff responsibility), activities…

The article reviews elements of the learning-station-process approach for gifted students, a method designed to support creative probing. Considered are the following: atmosphere, space, storage areas, supplies and materials, directions, references, organization, time management, record keeping, facilitation, and prescriptive activities. (SBH)

Suggestions are given for operating quality programs for gifted children on limited budgets. Considered are alternatives such as cluster grouping, use of parent and community volunteers, and use of community resources and services. (CL)

Describes how to identify gifted and talented children and develop programs for them. (DD)

The manual provides suggestions and information on planning and implementing programs for gifted and talented students in Idaho. Following a brief section outlining the program rationale and defining related terms, the document addresses 14 program planning and initiation aspects: district need, action planning steps, development of the plan,…

Intended for practitioners involved in art and gifted education, the booklet presents practical information on programing for students gifted in the visual arts. A review of the research traces the development of the field from the 1920's to the present. California programing is cited as a foundation to curriculum development by outlining skills…

Guidelines are offered to help teachers plan computer assisted instructional programs for gifted students. The flexibility of the computer enhances potential for academic acceleration. Examples of an alternative strategy for reviewing problem solving using BASIC are given. (CL)

This comprehensive guide to identification of gifted and talented students in Indiana is intended to aid the 85% of Indiana school districts which provide programs for gifted students. A relative, rather than absolute, standard is proposed for identifying the top 5 to 7 percent of students. Giftedness in the areas of intellectual/academic…

The handbook provides a model for beginning and operating programs for talented/gifted students in rural schools, K-12, based on a program developed in Shasta County, California, in 1976-77 and disseminated nationwide in 1978-79. The model produces individualized programs planned by a committee composed of the student, classroom teacher(s),…

The booklet examines a special program for gifted readers in the elementary classrooms. Following a brief review of the gifted population and typical characteristics of the gifted child, the booklet addresses such program planning aspects as decisions regarding special vs. regular class placement. Program development issues include decisions…

The author applies a morphological analysis to the problem of creating alternatives for gifted programs. It is explained that four parameters (people, places, processes, and products) must be identified, and alternatives appropriate for each parameter must be listed. (SBH)

The article describes the components of individualized education programs for gifted students and reviews some considerations prerequisite to their development. (Author/DLS)

The manual is intended to help teachers of gifted elementary students teach independent learning skills. As a framework, it may be used to provide goals, objectives, conditions, and criteria for developing individualized educational programs (IEPs); to develop evaluation strategies; or to design instructional activities. Objectives and…