The eleven articles in the volume concern methods and techniques for designing specialized schools, institutions, and other buildings or accommodations for the handicapped and particularly for exceptional children (both handicapped and gifted). Written by architects and others in this field, the articles discuss incorporation of both psychological…

The fifth in a series of annual reports, the status report describes the overall North Carolina Program for Exceptionally Talented Children as instituted by local school units for the school year 1969-1970, evaluating the educational program against predetermined criteria. Statistical data are presented about all known gifted and talented (GT)…

This report is one of a series on the results of studies conducted with the aim of understanding and assisting culturally disadvantaged pupils in the Israeli school system. A brief educational history of the country and the theoretical basis of the research introduces this report. A detailed description of the socioeconomic background of students…

The thesaurus is explained to be a distillation of the more comprehensive Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors used by the Educational Resources Information Center Clearinghouses, and contains approximately 1,500 indexing terms called descriptors selected from the ERIC Thesaurus on the basis of particular need to the Clearinghouse on Exceptional…

The document, intended to convey some practical application of behavior principles to teachers and teacher educators involved with exceptional children, is a synthesis of the 12 presentations from the CEC Invisible College on the Application of Behavioral Principles in Exceptional Child Education (March 25-26, 1971). Although all were…

SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL SCIENCE MATERIALS FOR GIFTED PRIMARY STUDENTS WERE DEVELOPED AND USED WITH FIRST- AND SECOND-GRADE STUDENTS. UNITS ON ATOMIC STRUCTURE, THE NATURE OF MOLECULES, MEASUREMENT, AND MATHEMATICS WERE DEVELOPED, USED, EVALUATED, AND REVISED OVER A 2-YEAR PERIOD. LESSONS WERE PRESENTED THROUGH THE USE OF TAPE PLAYERS, ILLUSTRATIVE…

A HUMANITIES COURSE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR ACADEMICALLY ABLE SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN BRANCIFORTE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA. IN A TWO-PERIOD DAILY TIME BLOCK, STUDENTS LEARN ENGLISH, LITERATURE, AND LATIN, AND INVESTIGATE TOPICS IN ARCHEOLOGY, CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, LINGUISTICS, PSYCHOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY, GREEK LITERATURE AND…

The annotated bibliography on Gifted: Parenting/Legislation & Public Policy contains approximately 72 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents or journal articles published from 1958 to 1975 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information…

The annotated bibliography on Gifted--Teaching Methods/Curriculum/Teacher Training contains approximately 75 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents or journal articles published from 1955 to 1975 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources…

Intended for parents of gifted children, the directory reports information on parent groups and the role of parents as teachers and advocates. Color-coded sections cover the following topics: formation of the directory, legislation, sources of books about gifted children, ways for parents to reach educators, and hints for parents at home. The bulk…

Compared were the attainments and other characteristics of 73 gifted and 64 average-bright control primary school children, selected on the basis of a Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale score of 140 and over, and 130 and under; and also of two subgroups obtaining IQ 160 and over, and 120 and under. Questionnaires were designed for and completed by…

Explores the needs of gifted students in the public schools and describes special programs devised by parents and educators to give gifted students the extra attention and stimulation they are unable to get in the classroom. (DB)

An exemplary career education program for gifted and talented high school students is described, focusing on the career guidance techniques employed. (Author)

Few mean personality differences exist between adolescent boys grouped according to high verbal or high mathematical ability. However, within each of these groups there are dependable personality correlates of differences between verbal and quantitative ability. In particular, boys with higher verbal scores seem independent, rational, reflective,…

You probably have one or two gifted students in your class right now. Don't assume they can "make it on their own". Offers some facts on the behavior of gifted students, gives some pointers on how to teach them, and offers an evaluation of three programs for gifted students with some sample exercises from an enrichment program. (Editor/RK)