The necessity for counselors to use modern methods of appraising abilities in order to fill the demand in engineering and the sciences is discussed. Aptitude test scores for three groups of males are charted to illustrate the first problem, identifying those with the requisite talents. Practical problems in identification and counseling and their…

The volume, based on workshop proceedings, discusses identifying characteristics of various handicapping conditions and describes relevant teaching methods and curricula. Characteristic behaviors of aggressive and withdrawn emotionally disturbed children are specified. Discussions of mentally handicapped children center on problems of…

Presented is a curriculum guide for teaching gifted junior high students social studies. The main purpose of the curriculum is to heighten student awareness of justice and due process of law by means of preparing for and conducting a mock trial of an historical figure. Thirteen cognitive behavioral objectives and five affective objectives are…

The manual is designed to clarify and document procedures now in effect at the Information Center of the Council for Exceptional Children, to assist in training new personnel, and to provide a model for other information centers. Types of information requests received are differentiated, followed by a profile of the typical users of the…

THIS COURSE WAS DEVELOPED AS PART OF AN INTEGRATED AND SEQUENTIAL HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM FOR ABLE STUDENTS (UPPER 25 PERCENT). THE COURSE CONSISTS OF 12 UNITS OF STUDY, EACH UNIT CONTAINING A BRIEF STATEMENT OF AN ECONOMIC ISSUE AND SEVERAL READINGS ON THAT ISSUE. THE ISSUES COVERED WERE (1) MAKING ECONOMIC CHOICES (THE ROLE OF…

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN "READING DECISIONS" AND EACH OF THE FOLLOWING VARIABLES WAS INVESTIGATED--(1) READING ACHIEVEMENT NOT RELATED TO INTELLIGENCE, (2) INDEPENDENT MEASURES OF ORIGINALITY AND OPINION FORMATION, AND (3) THE PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF INDEPENDENCE, INDIVIDUALISM, AND SELF-ESTEEM. THE TERM "READING…

Sixty-three "gifted" 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students from 13 rural school districts in eastern Washington participated for 16 weeks in a special educational enrichment program. Four Teaching-Resource Centers were established throughout the county, and 15-17 students from adjacent districts met at each center during one day per week. One special…

The annotated bibliography on Programming for the Gifted--General/Arts and Humanities/Math and Science contains approximately 125 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents or journal articles published from 1965 to 1975 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the…

Intended for persons working with handicapped and gifted students, the publication presents reviews, by professionals in their respective areas, of 56 books on various topics related to special education. Covered are such conditions of exceptionality as intellecually gifted, behavior problems, learning disabilities, auditory and visual disorders,…

The effects of modeling procedures on the reading selections of gifted and nongifted students were examined in a group of ten gifted sixth graders, eight gifted fifth graders, and eight nongifted fifth graders. Both adult and combined peer/adult modeling procedures were investigated. Data on selections from the 150 books available in the classroom…

A survey was sent to the entire institutional membership of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges in spring 1975 in order to ascertain the extent of honors programs available for two-year college students of exceptional ability. Of the 1,270 institutions surveyed, 644 responded (51%). Results of the survey showed: (1) 47 of the…

Describes the characteristics of the gifted student, and urges special programs for them, to be carefully planned and delivered, to help them achieve academic excellence. (GA)

This is a posthumous eulogy of the accomplishments of Martin D. Jenkins in the areas of Black education and the study of intellectually superior Black children. (GC)

Achievement patterns of tenth grade females of above average intelligence revealed a significant difference between the grades of achievers and underachievers, beginning at grade 6. Other-direction and attitudes toward women were significantly related to mathematical achievement test scores and high school grades. (Author/BH)

Thirty-six elementary school teachers in a predominantly lower and working class urban school system were selected in order to define creativity in terms of specific observable behaviors believed by teachers of the disadvantaged to indicate creativity in the classroom setting. (BD)