Highlights a school which systematically tries to cater to all pupil's needs, including the very able students. Describes the program's structure, the faculty of the school, the student population, and the instructional and extracurricular programming in the elementary, middle school and high school grades. (Author/CR)

Describes how to create a Web page or Web site and discusses the challenge that Web site development presents to gifted children. Discusses types of items that may be posted and precautions that should be taken when developing a Web site. Lists software that can be used in designing a Web site. (CR)

Discusses the presence of math anxiety in otherwise gifted secondary students. It suggests the use of bibliotherapy and offers a sample lesson plan focused on the children's book, "Math Curse," to help students see mathematics as a tool for making life easier. An appendix provides an annotated listing of teacher resources on math anxiety. (DB)

Discusses a study that examined the accomplishments of 167 women (ages 45-70) who had been in an honors dormitory. Dabrowski's theory of development is explained and used in analyzing the women's characteristics, including their value of relationships over professional achievements, optimism, moral sensitivity, productivity, and balance. (CR)

Discusses the danger in producing showy events that appeal to the media and get positive attention and budgetary support for gifted programs, rather than focusing on the substance of those programs. Questions that professionals and parents should consider before embarking on a project or competition are provided. (CR)

Describes a technique for teaching history to gifted students in which the student selects a current event and then researches the event's historical connections as far back as possible. (DB)

This study examined the relationship of 28 middle-class Caucasian mothers' attitudes to their intellectually gifted preschool children's perceived competence. Focus was on independence and strictness, maternal concerns, and relationship to support networks (perceived helpfulness of the network, willingness to seek help, and amount of contact the…

Evaluation of the metacognitive strategies used by four upper elementary gifted students with reading disabilities during a reading comprehension think-aloud task found that, although the students monitored their reading and reported use of evaluation, paraphrase, and regulation metacognitive strategies, they were not proficient in these…

Used Australian Mathematics Competition to examine performance in mathematics of students young for their grade. The youngest students performed better than the oldest students. There were more males than females in the older group but no gender differences in the younger group. Items ranged from routine to highly sophisticated. (NBI)

This article describes the revision of the writing sample component used as one of five identification criteria for placement in a gifted program. A checklist of characteristics common to gifted writers was developed to be used in evaluating the students' creative writing responses to specific literature selections. A rubric for scoring writing…

This article offers suggestions to help gifted students develop quality products that demonstrate their research and learning experiences. It stresses the importance of a timeline, selection of media, demonstration of higher level thinking skills, communication to an audience, product evaluation, product celebration, reflection, and skill…

Examines ways in which the home schools of 287 gifted students credited students' participation in accelerated high school courses sponsored by university summer programs. After program accreditation, the number of positive responses by the students' schools increased significantly, including giving course credit, appropriate placement within the…

This article addresses gifted students who are at risk or have learning disabilities and thus may not be identified as gifted. The definition of giftedness is discussed, and profiles of students who are gifted/at risk and gifted with learning disabilities are provided to better identify these students. (CR)

The cofounder of the Roeper School explains the school's focus on the complex inner-conscious and unconscious development of the gifted child and the school's philosophical basis in self-actualization and interdependence. The need to focus on gifted self rather than on defining the gifted child in relation to cognitive development or talent…

This study investigated factors affecting lifespan achievement as perceived by 16 gifted women from 15 countries outside the United States. Results indicated that the gifted women shared personal characteristics of determination, willingness to take risks, and a will to achieve their goals. Eight positive coping strategies are described.…