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Peer reviewedRenzulli, Joseph S.; VanTassel-Baska, Joyce – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1987
Joe Renzulli asserts that pull-out programs for gifted elementary school children that reflect horizontal enrichment and vertical acceleration can provide flexibility and enable radical departures from the regular curriculum. Joyce VanTassel-Baska counters that current pull-out programs are inadequately planned, provide insufficient time, are…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Curriculum Design, Curriculum Enrichment, Curriculum Evaluation
PDF pending restorationBunda, Mary Anne – 1985
The paper describes problems endemic to the evaluation of programs for gifted and talented students. The goals of gifted and talented programs are often substantially different from those covered on outcome measures available to schools. When decisions are being made about the type of programs to be provided, parallel consideration should be given…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
Peer reviewedVergason, Glenn A.; Anderegg, M. L. – Exceptional Children, 1991
Research published in April 1989 by H. L. Rich and S. M. Ross is reconsidered. Naturalistic observation of students in resource rooms, classrooms, special classes and special schools were used and results found resource rooms inherently flawed, a finding considered in this article to be unsupported by study data. (PB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Mainstreaming
Peer reviewedRich, H. Lyndall; Ross, Steven M. – Exceptional Children, 1991
In response to criticism (EC 600 437), H. L. Rich and S. M. Ross defend their research published in April 1989. Naturalistic observation techniques used are discussed, conclusions regarding the regular education initiative supported, and findings concerning drawbacks of resource rooms reiterated and clarified. (PB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Mainstreaming
Ungerer, E. – 1984
The paper describes steps taken in initiating a program for gifted students undertaken in 11 secondary schools in Cape Province, South Africa. The development of an identification model was made difficult because the fixed South African educational system inhibits creativity and productive thinking abilities. Factors used to select students for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Creativity, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries
Stone, Brian J. – 1987
The paper proposes changes from the present categorically based special education service delivery system to a curriculum-based service delivery system. Set forth are problems currently associated with designating students as learning disabled (LD), distinguishing them from those who are simply underachievers or have other handicapping conditions,…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
