This article explores the history of gifted education policy and practice in the United States over the last five decades, documenting the lack of sustained progress in obtaining sustained federal support. It also highlights two case examples, one at the state level and a second at the national level of where a policy in a specific aspect of…

The article focuses on the role of talent search programs in local and state program development efforts for the gifted and talented. It explores elements of change and the change process itself in educational institutions choosing to participate actively in the talent search mechanisms. Indiana is cited as an example. (Author/CL)

The author describes the advantages of the Talent Search Identification Model for gifted student identification. The model, widely used, uses standardized achievement tests to identify junior high students. Recommendations are offered for students scoring within specified ranges on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. (CL)

This article provides an overview of existing research on 11 curriculum models in the field of gifted education, including the schoolwide enrichment model and the talent search model, and several others that have been used to shape high-level learning experiences for gifted students. The models are critiqued according to the key features they…

Responding to "Varieties of Intellectual Talent" (Julian C. Stanley), this article discusses key components of talent development models that schools need to adopt in educating gifted children, including appreciation and response to individual differences, emphasis on the cultivation of the intellect to nurture abilities, and appreciation for…

This article explores the inner and outer forces that energized the lives of Charlotte Bronte and Virginia Woolf and influenced their talent development. Similarities in their lives, including adversity, autodidactism, practice of the writing craft, search for a mother figure, influence of place, loneliness, emotional support, and a philosophy of…

This monograph addresses planning and developing curricula for low income and minority gifted learners. Issues discussed include collaboration among professionals working with these students, choice of school program delivery models, involvement of parent and community support systems in nurturing potential, and curriculum interventions directed…

This critique of talent searches, programs which identify highly gifted secondary students through scores on Scholastic Assessment Tests at the junior-high level and provide accelerated courses, discusses issues of exclusivity, of acceleration, of values in education, and of congruence with national agendas. The future of these projects is also…

Discussion of counseling needs of gifted learners reviews the literature on affective and self-concept issues and discusses strategies for addressing students' psychosocial, academic counseling, and career counseling needs. Counselor, parent, and teacher roles are addressed. Tables link student characteristics to counseling approaches, counseling…

This text offers a comprehensive introduction to major topics and issues in gifted and talented education. The 28 chapters are grouped into four sections on the general nature of giftedness, program development, organization of curriculum and instruction, and excellence in education of these students. Chapters include the following titles and…