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Sisk, Dorothy A. – Roeper Review, 1988
Leadership development to meet the need for excellence in teachers and youth is explored. Two examples are given: an award-winning teacher education program for bringing high ability students into teacher education, and a residential summer program designed to identify and develop leadership giftedness in middle school and high school youth.…
Descriptors: Gifted, Intermediate Grades, Leadership Training, Program Design
Feldhusen, John F.; And Others – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1992
The COMET summer residential program at Purdue University (Indiana) offers gifted and talented youth in grades 4-6 a week of intensive study in a single content area. Courses stress specific problem-solving skills and development of a rich knowledge base. Extensive program evaluation by students, teachers, counselors, and parents was highly…
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Gifted, Intermediate Grades, Problem Solving

McIntosh, Stephanie – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1997
Describes a range of summer programs for gifted or artistically talented students. Resources and guidelines for evaluating, selecting, and applying to such programs are discussed, as are safety concerns. The Pennsylvania Governor's school is also described in brief. (PB)
Descriptors: Art Education, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Karges-Bone, Linda – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1990
GATEWAY II is a summer program for fourth and fifth graders in South Carolina which encourages an integrated approach to the visual and performing arts. The program's instructional quality and curriculum creativity level are assessed through observations by a former teacher of gifted children and interviews with student participants. (JDD)
Descriptors: Art Education, Creative Expression, Integrated Activities, Intermediate Grades
Moore, Alan D.; Betts, George T. – 1989
The first of two documents presents results of a 5-week evaluation of the Summer Enrichment Program for the Gifted and Talented at the University of Northern Colorado. The program typically serves about 650 residential students (ages 10-15) in two 2-week sessions. Descriptive information includes the program rationale, student selection…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Counselor Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
Twin City Inst. for Talented Youth, St. Paul, Minn. – 1969
A summer program enrolled 579 talented students. Regular admit students had higher aptitude test scores and grade point averages; special admit students, who came from inner city schools, manifested creative and artistic abilities and high motivation. Courses were offered in the arts, the humanities, foreign language, language arts, math and…
Descriptors: Activities, Admission Criteria, Courses, Curriculum
Kerr, Frances M.; Russell, Valerie E. – 1968
A talent development project at Mount Holyoke College, part of A Better Chance (ABC)-Independent Schools Talent Search program, was offered during the summer of 1968 to 71 disadvantaged high school students from 13 states. Major aims of the program were to help these students with college potential to strengthen their academic skills and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Disadvantaged Youth, English, Enrichment Activities
Mitchell, Bruce; Canton, Mike – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1991
A survey of 44 secondary level students who attended a summer camp for gifted/talented youth analyzed reasons that campers did not enroll in certain course offerings, ideas for future course offerings, occupational areas of interest, the extent of racism in the schools, and the amount of drug use in the schools. (JDD)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Drug Use, Gifted, Program Effectiveness
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1986
This report presents information about the effectiveness of the District of Columbia's Gifted and Talented Education Program. Primary objectives included: information dissemination about the program within the school system and the community; continued above average academic performance and creativity of participating students and their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
Bellamy, Al; Gore, David; Sturgis, Judy – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2005
This study explored the relationships between emotional intelligence, locus of control, and self-efficacy among gifted and talented students participating in a two week long summer educational program. Results revealed statistically significant correlations between these variables. Gender was found to moderate the relationships. The study also…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Emotional Intelligence, Summer Programs, Gifted
Feldhusen, John F.; And Others – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
Five residential programs are offered in the summer at Purdue University for gifted youths in grades 4-12. The short-term programs emphasize intensive enrichment courses in many academic disciplines, and focus on recreational activities as well. Student eligibility, teacher selection and training, and program evaluation are described. (JDD)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Enrichment Activities, Gifted, Intermediate Grades
Henjum, Arnold E. – 1977
Described is the West Central Minnesota Institute for Creative Study, developed by a group of rural high schools to provide a summer enrichment program for gifted and talented youth. It is noted that the program was designed to bring together outstanding students, teachers, facilities, and materials in an attempt to expand and strengthen the…
Descriptors: Creativity, Curriculum Enrichment, Enrichment Activities, Exceptional Child Education

Stokrocki, Mary – Art Education, 1986
The experiences of 11 gifted and talented adolescents who participated in a two-week summer microcomputer graphics course at Indiana University are described based on course observations by the author. Focus is on technical and aesthetic course expectations and on psychological and contextual considerations of the teacher and the students. (RM)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1987
The fourth year of the Test Preparation Program for Gifted and Talented Sophomores (TPPGTS) is evaluated. This 6-week, 75-hour test coaching program was developed to teach high-achieving students principles/strategies required for doing well on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT)/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test to increase…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Achievement Gains, College Entrance Examinations, Grade 10
Schiel, Jeff – 1998
Duke University's Talent Identification Program invites seventh graders who score in the top 3% on nationally normed, standardized tests to participate in the Talent Search. A small number of these students subsequently qualify, on the basis of relatively high ACT Assessment or SAT scores, for the Summer Residential Program (SRP), which provides…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Students, College Entrance Examinations, Enrichment Activities
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