The article provides information concerning preschool gifted and talented children, including indicators of giftedness/talent, learning needs of gifted children, advantages/disadvantages of early intervention programs, availability of state funding to provide extra learning experiences, selection criteria for preschool programs, and sources of…

As part of the "Educating Gifted and Talented Students" series, the booklet offers guidelines for social studies teachers working with gifted students in grades 7 through 12. Characteristics of the gifted and talented are described and criteria for talent identification are pointed out. General strategies and strategies specifically for teaching…

The article discusses how to deal with the charge that special treatment of gifted and talented students necessarily leads to undesirable elitism. Among the various strategies offered for dealing with the charge are to ignore it, to clarify the term "elitism" and then show it to be a myth, and to show how differentiation of programing is essential…

The digest examines issues related to curricula for gifted and talented students. Schools should be prepared to meet the special needs of this population in a variety of ways, including identifying their learning needs, making equipment and resources available, providing for flexible progression through learning experiences and grades, and…

The author describes the activities and achievements of two federally funded projects for gifted and talented education in California. (CL)

A view of future means of developing human potential through gifted child education, including discussions of school role, early identification and development of the gifted, student teacher relationships and teacher role, mentors, programing, student support services, community-based and community-involved learning, integrative learning,…

The booklet presents an overview of California's GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) program. Following a brief introduction, the booklet presents a rationale and statement of program goals along with a discussion of legislative intent. Standards for quality programing are outlined. A model depicts the three major GATE components: (1)…

This presentation identifies factors which contributed to the rise of gifted/talented education programs in California from 1960 to 1987, factors contributing to the demise of such programs, and recommendations for improving the California Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) Program. Recent years have brought about a lessening of the program's…