The attitudes of building level principals and teachers are crucial to the successful implementation of any program or project. This input evaluation was conducted to assess the effect of an intensive communication strategy on teacher/principal: (1) attitude toward the gifted program; (2) knowledge of the characteristics of gifted students; (3)…

The Outdoor Research Project of Hutchinson Senior High School in Hutchinson, Kansas, was funded in 1977 to conduct a scientific baseline study of an outdoor education center and a state park. Gifted students used initial limnology tests, fish population studies, and groundcover analyses to produce management recommendations and a computer…

A speed reading/scholarship skills course was offered to college-bound students in the Dallas, Texas, school system in 1977-78. Approximately 1,700 students took the 60-day elective course in 20 different high schools. As measured by the Nelson-Denny Standardized Reading Test and compared to college freshman norms, students registered the…

A questionnaire to measure attitudes toward gifted programs was given to 113 teachers, 23 administrators, and 91 parents. Seven areas were investigated: definition, characteristics, identification, educational needs, funding priority, teacher characteristics, and current provisions. Among findings were the following: parents, as a group, were less…

To poll the facilities of Missouri's gifted programs to gather data concerning the programs and the philosophies of those who conduct them, a survey instrument mainly using a Likert scale was developed and mailed to an administrator, a classroom teacher, and a gifted resource room teacher from each of the sixty-nine districts receiving state aid…

To determine whether teacher intervention or treatment (the introduction of literary devices used by published writers) during the process of writing would lead to greater incidence and improved use of creative devices in gifted children's writing, ten talented students from the ages of six to eleven were selected to meet with the researcher twice…

The participant's manual contains activity direction for a teacher workshop focusing on the interrelationship between regular and special education, service delivery systems for intervention, and attitude of acceptance toward exceptional children. Activities correspond to the ten workshop objectives: to define the concept of mainstreaming, to…

The author reviews the key problems associated with generally accepted practices for identifying the gifted from the perspective of minority gifted students, particularly the gifted bilingual child; and presents some alternative approaches for testing. Noted among the shortcomings of testing minority students are that standardized tests are not…

The transcript of a radio program on gifted and talented children includes interviews with psychoanalysts, educators, and federal officials (including B. Bettelheim, J. Renzulli, B. Boston, and D. Sisk), as well as with parents and five gifted children. Topics considered include identification, separation of gifted students, teaching approaches,…

The pamphlet outlines programs provided by Bergen County (New Jersey) for gifted students. Initial sections provide information on definition of the term "gifted"; methods for identification; professional awareness and sensitivity to the gifted; and personal characteristics, strategies, and competencies of a teacher of the gifted. A…

Programs and courses about the gifted in rural areas have been offered by the University of Maine at Presque Isle since 1973. Activities (such as designing and building rockets, play writing and producing, and park design) and workshops have been held for and about the gifted. One of the problems with programs for this population is that they are…

To effectively address minority educational concerns, educators must understand and be sensitive to minority group students' cultural and social differences. In addressing the unmet educational needs of gifted and talented minority students, they must recognize the fact that minority cultures are "legitimate" and that the influence of these…

The book, over half of which consists of appendixes, discusses the identification of gifted and talented students and presents some suggested identification procedures. Topics addressed include factors basic to gifted performance, the interrelationship of identification procedures with curriculum and staff, the relationships between conceptions of…

The report presents a summative evaluation of the Astor Program for Gifted Children, which developed a resource center and also implemented a "host school" concept for intellectually gifted preschoolers in New York City. The program director's tasks in coordinating a resource center are discussed, including involving policy makers at…

The guide is designed to provide the building level administrator a step by step model for implementing Project DEEP's (Diversified Educational Experiences Program) alternative classroom management system for secondary academic classrooms with disaffected (attendance problems, discipline problems, potential dropouts), average, and gifted and…