The bibliography contains references to curriculum guides selected from Exceptional Child Education Abstracts. One in a series of over 50 similar selected listings, the bibliography cites curriculum guides primarily applicable to the education of the mentally handicapped, aurally handicapped, learning disabled, or gifted. Each entry contains…

Problems of schools in rural areas are said to be related to the problems of talent search for the gifted in these areas, and to ways for meeting their needs. If a comprehensive model of special education is used in which the major function is specified as therapy, then the term therapy must include a total community involvement, with therapy…

This is the second report on the post high school plans of seniors in the top quarter in public high schools in Virginia in May 1970 who responded to a survey made by the Virginia State Department of education. Post high school plans were: (1) attendance at a 4-year college; (2) attendance at a 2-year college with plans to transfer to a 4-year…

The thesaurus is intended as a preliminary standardization and clarification of terms used to index special education instructional materials throughout the Special Education Instructional Materials Centers/Regional Media Centers (IMC/RMC) Network. The majority of entries are approved descriptors appearing in the selected standard, the Thesaurus…

One in a series of over 50 similar listings related to exceptional children, both handicapped and gifted, the bibliography contains 56 references dealing with the issue of regular or special class placement for exceptional children. Entries, which include texts, journal articles, conference papers, research reports, and other literature, were…

The monograph is designed to assist secondary school teachers in grades ten through twelve who teach social sciences to gifted students. The introduction encompasses such topics as the role of leadership, the variability of instruction, and problems in social science instruction. The identification of the gifted student in social sciences and the…

Guidelines for the development of educational programs for exceptional children in Florida public schools are provided. Instructions are appropriate for educational planning at the school district level. Basic considerations for the development of district procedures and programs are defined: historical perspective, mandatory legislation, program…

Discussed in the eight conference papers on creativity and the gifted implications of federal legislation for the gifted, the development of a composite measure of artistic creativity, and an empirical study of cognitive style and creative problem solving in junior high school students. A paper on the identification of creativity in writers…

The three phases (finding seventh and eighth grade mathematically talented students, studying them, and helping them educationally) of the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) are detailed, and examples of the superiority of educational acceleration over educational enrichment are pointed out. Results of standardized intelligence tests…

Zoo Day was one of the culminating activities of Art Extravaganza, a pilot summer art program for high ability first-and second-graders. Field trips, art history lessons, box sculpture, and a study of cavemen were included. (SJL)

Reported are the activities of the U.S. Office of Education Task Force on Gifted and Talented Education, which centered around three issues: minority and disadvantaged gifted, leadership training, and visual and performing arts. (BD)

Two samples of verbally gifted adolescents were tested using cognitive and personality measures. Although both groups were found to be unusually mature and well adjusted, they varied considerably in sociopolitical intelligence--the ability to formulate viable solutions to moral, social, and political problems. (Author/MV)