A study investigated the long-term impact of acceleration on academically talented youth. Twenty-three females and 20 males completed questionnaires about the California State University at Sacramento (CSUS) Academic Talent Search Program they had attended 4 years previously as junior high students. Students reported on the experiences, academic…

The social studies unit was written for middle and high school students as well as for gifted/talented elementary students. It covers the process of electing a president. Goals and performance objectives are specified along with a flow chart depicting concepts, generalizations, and skills to be taught over the 2- or 3-week period. This unit will…

The paper examines key issues in the future of gifted education, first noting the emphasis in the current literature on the need for restructuring the curriculum, particularly in science and mathematics. Findings regarding definitions of gifted children are examined, noting the frequent practice of arbitrarily identifying those dimensions of…

The paper examines the nature of giftedness. Part I reviews enduring questions and sources of controversy in the search for the meaning of giftedness, including the purpose for defining giftedness, difficulties with isolating a unitary definition of giftedness, and the distinction between gifted and potentially gifted persons. Part II describes…

The report examines services for the gifted in West Virginia and offers recommendations for improving those services. In chapter 1, "Study of Best Practices in Educating Gifted Children," Patricia Bruce Mitchell outlines findings from a literature and interview analysis regarding best practices in gifted education, including exemplary…

The structure of attitudes toward the exceptional was investigated using hierarchical factor analysis for responses of 32 men and 132 women college students to a 78-item social distance questionnaire (six interpersonal situations and 13 categories of exceptionality-nonexceptionality). (Author/MC)

The mother of a gifted leukemic boy who died before his 16th birthday, tells of her learning about special educational needs of the gifted as she guided her son's education at home. (MC)

Designed as a resource guide for local education agency representatives, the manual describes procedures for the development and implementation of individualized education programs (IEPs) for handicapped and gifted students. Considered are the following elements of the IEP process: IEP planning meetings, prehearing conferences, and flow charts.…

A discussion of the performance of the United States team in international competition is discussed. The contest problems are included. (SD)

Because gifted readers have instructional needs that vary greatly from the norm, curriculum planners and teachers should make plans for the gifted that are different from those for other pupils. An instructional program for gifted readers should (1) have a strong content and value emphasis, (2) group students so as to allow the gifted to relate in…

The author describes how intellectual and academic strengths develop in young children and how children's daily behavior can reveal the presence of extraordinary capability. The relationships between the emergence of advanced intellectual skills and development of physical and social competencies are discussed. The implications of children's…