Problems which arise in the heterogeneously gifted family are briefly discussed; and suggestions for parent, teacher, and counselor stimulation of creativity are offered. (SBH)

Taken from the keynote address presented at the 1977 annual convention of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), the article reviews the development, services, and projected future of CEC--a membership organization founded to provide a clearinghouse of knowledge for teachers and other persons interested in the education of handicapped and…

Proposes that states promote the preparation of mathematically and scientifically talented high school students through the establishment of special residential high schools. (MD)

The effectiveness of using earliest school recollections as a diagnostic device for classifying different types of gifted and talented students with social adjustment problems at school was evaluated. Significant agreement was found between classification on the basis of earliest recollections and classification on the basis of observable behavior…

The article provides an example of a project in physics concerning clocks in which gifted pupils engage in high-level problem solving while developing technical knowledge and appropriate scientific methodology. Drawings illustrate the principles taught by the project. (Author/DB)

A Louisiana school district, required to provide public preschool services to academically-gifted three- to five-year-olds, developed an effective and cost-efficient screening and identification procedure using a parent questionnaire, a preschool teacher questionnaire, and a standardized test instrument. (Author/CB)

An example of the use of the cluster approach in a reading/language arts program for gifted first-graders (in a classroom with peers of varying ability) illustrates how this approach allows gifted students to work with others who have similar abilities and provides time-saving opportunities for teachers and modeling opportunities for non-gifted…

Participation in parent workshops offered by the University of Utah helped parents of gifted students obtain a better understanding of their gifted children, caused a slight increase in the number of interactions parents had with school personnel, and resulted in greater parental satisfaction with the educational services provided for their gifted…

Self-concept scores of gifted 10- to 18-year-old females (N=14) improved after they participated in sessions stimulating awareness of gender-related social and personal concerns (including sexism, possible lifestyle choices, and gender stereotyping in work roles), suggesting that a positive self-concept influences positive achievement and…

Presents the results of a study of an eleventh grade class of gifted students' attitudes toward methods of teaching about contemporary issues. Results showed that small group discussion and the use of political cartoons were most favorably rated. (JDH)

The Schmerenbeck Educational Centre (Parktown, South Africa) provides comprehensive educational services to gifted, talented, and creative students of all races. Program costs, talent identification and such educational programs as Microscapes (integrative activities), Project Plus (contact, core, acceleration, enrichment, and self-study courses),…

A teacher evaluation system used at a special school for the gifted promotes teacher involvement through self study, peer observation, team critique, and administrator observation and critique. Four teacher types as defined by level of commitment and abstraction ability have different supervisory needs. (Author/DB)

The process of curriculum compacting, a means of modifying and enriching the regular curriculum to meet the needs of gifted students is described and illustrated with classroom examples. The roles of classroom teachers, administrators, and gifted education specialists in implementing compacting are explored. (Author/DB)

Four dimensions (Contact, Consciousness, Interest, and Fantasy) of the Creativity Classification System (CCS) have demonstrated high validity in identifying fourth- to sixth-grade students for an enrichment program. An identification procedure for use at the high school level is explained in relation to CCS. (Author/DB)

This paper explores concerns that parents of creative, gifted, and talented children experience in facilitating their children's growth. It discusses stages in parenting, lists traits in which the gifted excel, offers guidelines for identifying giftedness, suggests signs of excessive stress, notes parents' expectations of teachers, and identifies…