THE STATE OF ILLINOIS PLAN TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL SERVICES TO GIFTED CHILDREN WAS DESCRIBED. IN THE PERIOD FROM 1959 TO 1963, A SPECIAL STUDY PROJECT WAS OPERATED WITH STATE SUPPORT. IT ASSISTED THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN DETERMINING WHETHER LEGISLATION WAS NEEDED AND ASSISTED THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN PROVIDING FOR GIFTED CHILDREN. A SERIES OF…

HOW CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT MENTAL ABILITIES PERCEIVE LEARNING TASKS WAS STUDIED. THREE GROUPS OF 10 CHILDREN EACH (5 BOYS AND 5 GIRLS) WERE THE SUBJECTS OF THIS PROJECT. THE CHILDREN WERE SELECTED SO THAT THE GROUPS WERE HIGHLY SIMILAR IN CHRONOLOGICAL AGE, BUT DIFFERED DISTINCTLY IN IQ. ONE GROUP WAS COMPOSED OF GIFTED CHILDREN FROM A GIVEN SCHOOL…

IDEAS INCLUDED ARE THE PRODUCT OF AN INTENSIVE WORKSHOP HELD TO STUDY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION OF EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED CHILDREN. PROBLEM AREAS IN EACH SUBJECT ARE PRESENTED, AND MAJOR EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO READING, COMMUNICATION, AND VOCABULARY. TEACHING SUGGESTIONS AND OBJECTIVES ARE PRESENTED IN OUTLINE FORM. ENRICHMENT COURSES IN READING,…

EXPERIMENTAL CLASSES WERE SET UP FOR ACADEMICALLY SUPERIOR STUDENTS (INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT 120 AND ABOVE) TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FULL-TIME, SELF-CONTAINED CLASSES AND PART-TIME CLASSES. TWO EXPERIMENTAL CLASSES WERE BEGUN FOR FOURTH THROUGH NINTH GRADE STUDENTS IN EACH PROGRAM, AND WERE COMPARED TO EQUIVALENT CONTROL GROUPS. ACHIEVEMENT…

THE NONGRADED PRIMARY SCHOOL ALLOWS EACH CHILD TO PROGRESS AT HIS OWN RATE. LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT ARE SET UP FOR LANGUAGE ARTS, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND SCIENCE. THE BASIC LANGUAGE SKILLS ARE DIVIDED INTO EIGHT LEVELS, BY THE TIME THE CHILD HAS COMPLETED THE EIGHTH LEVEL, HE HAS DEVELOPED MOST OF HIS NECESSARY READING SKILLS. A NINTH LEVEL IS INCLUDED…

A SOUND HONORS PROGRAM IN THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS PROVEN SUCCESSFUL ONLY WHEN BUILT UPON A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM FOR HIGHLY ABLE STUDENTS BEGUN IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES AND CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. IN ORDER FOR THIS COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM TO OPERATE AT ALL LEVELS, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ESTABLISH COORDINATION IN THREE MAJOR AREAS. THESE…

THE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED TO ASSIST IN PREPARING A COURSE IN LINE WITH COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BOARD'S ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM, FOR STUDENTS GIFTED IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ABILITY. THE TEACHER'S PREPARATION SHOULD QUALIFY HIM TO TEACH LITERATURE AND CULTURE ON A COLLEGE LEVEL. HE MUST BE FLUENT IN THE LANGUAGE AND, PREFERABLY, SHOULD HAVE LIVED…

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUMMER SCIENCE TRAINING PROGRAMS (SSTP) FOR HIGH ABILITY SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WAS INVESTIGATED. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE USED IN A STUDY 3 YEARS AFTER COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM TO COMPARE THE SUBSEQUENT ACADEMIC PROGRESS, CAREER CHOICES, AND SCIENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF SSTP PARTICIPANTS WITH THOSE OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE…

EXAMINED ARE THE EFFECTS OF SUMMER SCIENCE PROGRAMS ON PARTICIPANTS, THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS, THEIR FUTURE EDUCATIONAL PLANS AND CAREERS, AND THE HOST INSTITUTION. ESTABLISHED CRITERIA WERE USED TO SELECT 18 OF 147 PROGRAMS SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION IN 1960. ORIENTATION, CLASSROOM, AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS WERE INCLUDED IN THE SAMPLE.…

OVER A 3-YEAR PERIOD, THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED MANY FACETS OF THE ACHIEVEMENT, BEHAVIOR, AND INTERESTS OF GROUPS OF STUDENTS WHO BEGAN THE EXTRACURRICULAR STUDY OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADES. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL CONTROL GROUPS WERE STUDIED TO ALLOW COMPARISONS OF THE EFFECTS OF THIS LANGUAGE PROGRAM. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT,…

Past inattention to teaching gifted students may in part be due to the problems of defining, identifying, and determining the characteristics of the gifted child. In this paper, gifted students may be defined as those whose reading achievement or reading potential is well above average. Standard measures of this achievement and potential coupled…

As part of the "Educating Gifted and Talented" series, the booklet offers guidelines for teaching English to gifted students. Following an introduction and a section on characteristics of the gifted in English, procedures for identifying students gifted in English are discussed and a list of questions to ask when observing language behavior is…

The unit, designed for junior and senior high gifted students interested in Chinese thought and art, is intended to to acquaint students with examples of Chinese painting, sculpture, and music along with examination of related philosophical ideas. Five subject areas are presented in terms of objectives, materials, and teaching presentation. The…

This report provides a program description and evaluation findings of a bilingual program for gifted and talented children conducted at C.S. 211, an elementary school serving black and Hispanic children in an economically deprived area of the Bronx, New York. The program's goals, which included above grade level reading and mathematics performance…

A study of approximately 16 gifted third through sixth grade students was undertaken to describe the learning behavior of the group as they interacted with teachers and students. Observations of the students and interviews with teachers were used to obtain the data. Seventeen ethnographic recordings are included in the report. Among the 10…