In order to evaluate the most effective delivery format for providing gifted/talented education, 247 elementary students in gifted programs in Evansville, Indiana, were divided into experimental students, who received instruction in self-contained classrooms of fellow gifted students, and control students, who received instruction in a pull-out…

This evaluation report reviews the gifted education program of Fairfield (Ohio) public schools since its inception in 1977, with emphasis on its full-time curriculum-based program for grades 4 through 8 and future needs. Evaluation was focused on assessment of student outcomes, and data were collected by means of surveys, interviews, observations,…

The study investigated the effectiveness of and attitudes toward two delivery systems (an enrichment pull-out program and a self-contained classroom) for gifted/talented instruction in Southwest Allen County, Indiana. The effects on fifth-grade students (N=38) enrolled in the program and sixth-grade students (N=45) who had experienced the program…

The Highline School District (Washington) developed and implemented a special one-year career education project for gifted and talented elementary school students based on three objectives: (1) increased perception of internal control among participating students; (2) increased knowledge of data-people-things categories; and (3) increased career…