A 32-item survey was developed from the 1983 International Science Study and was administered to 299 gifted South Dakota sixth-tenth graders to measure their perceptions of science. A factor analysis of the data yielded four factors, accounting for 51% of the variance. The factors were: (1) Science as a Personal and National Priority; (2) Science…

The manual is designed to encourage school districts to use community resources to expand educational opportunities for gifted students. Suggestions for planning such community enrichment programs address locating and screening resources, developing community relationships, and integrating resources into the instructional program. Examples of ways…

The article examines ways to differentiate the material used in a reading program for gifted students (birth to age 9). Suggested books are provided for the following categories that correspond to recognized characteristics of gifted children: vocabulary (quality retellings of folk tales, word play, poetry, satire, and nuances of language);…

Small, rural schools have proportionately as many gifted students as larger schools and can have quality gifted educational programs. As in large schools, identification involves staff and self-referral and systematic record evaluations. Referral reviews determine if needs are being met in regular classrooms, suggest alternative strategies for…

The guidelines are intended to provide caregivers with ways of working with children who have special needs. Following general guidelines on working with special needs children, information is summarized on the following exceptionalities: special health needs, physical needs, sight needs, hearing needs, speech needs, intellectual needs, emotional…

The purpose of this study was to replicate previous factor analytical studies of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) employing children identified as gifted. However, rather than using the IQ criterion, a child's 11 WISC-R subtest scores were included in the analysis. Subsamples of gifted (as classified by local school…

The document represents a compilation of statistical data submitted to the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction, Division for Exceptional Children, by the 143 local education agencies (LEAs) in the public schools of North Carolina, by the Department of Human Resources (DHR), and by the Department of Correction (DOC). The document…

The science of linguistics contributes to the study of cultural diversity and the education of exceptional children.

In this study, 1,500 men and women who were high school seniors in 1942 and 1943 and who competed in the first two annual Science Talent Searches for the Westinghouse Science Scholarship and Awards reported on their careers in 1957 in a brief questionnaire. Of these, 136 filled in a comprehensive supplementary questionnaire and were interviewed.…

Contained in the curriculum planning guide developed by the Chapel Hill Gifted-Handicapped Project are a model, a training sequence, and 17 instructional units for use with preschool gifted children. The model is explained to be based on the hierarchy of cognitive tasks developed by B. Bloom. A worksheet for teachers suggests activities to help…

Seven language arts booklets present samples of student writing, teaching suggestions and resources for an enrichment program for gifted elementary students. Focused on in each of the booklets are the following topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): introductory activities (word and sentence expansion, imagery, and patterns in poetry); short…

This journal summarizes the information presented in the final report of Project BR-5-0391, Grant OEG-32-20-0450-1032 of USOE/DHEW. Four reaction papers are presented. The 745-page report is available through ERIC (ED 014 406).