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Download full textStanley, Julian C. – 1990
This lecture examines the failure of the United States to produce literate, mathematically competent high school graduates and criticizes "cyclic faddism" as a ploy of desperate educators who keep going back to methods that have been tried and found wanting. Bright spots in education are cited, including the achievement of Jaime…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Attitudes, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Change
Kearney, Kathi – 1996
This paper describes the highly gifted student population and provides principles for establishing inclusionary educational environments for them. Highly and profoundly gifted children are described as those who score above the third of fourth standard deviation on IQ tests or who are prodigies in a particular domain. Principles for placing highly…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Discrimination
Willard-Holt, Colleen – 1997
This bulletin explores the current status of federal and state, especially Pennsylvania, legislation and recent court decisions pertaining to gifted education. It notes the existence, at the federal level, of only one law related to gifted education, the Jacob Javits Act of 1988 which, however, does not mandate the creation of special programs and…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Definitions, Due Process, Educational Legislation
Feldhusen, John F. – 1998
It is clear that highly talented, precocious youth who are motivated to develop their talents need teachers, curriculum, and peers who are able to operate educationally at advanced levels. They should be provided the educational challenge needed to sustain and encourage development of their talents to the highest levels of creative achievement or…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Advanced Placement, Advanced Students
Katz, Elinor, Comp.; Burruss, Jill, Comp. – 1989
The goal of these guidelines for the education of Colorado's gifted and talented students is to develop an administrative structure and management plan that will enable local districts to provide appropriate educational services to children and youth identified as gifted and talented, to assure the quality and appropriateness of those services,…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Merkoski, Kay – 1988
Three activity booklets are presented for implementing Project EAGLE, an enrichment program for gifted and talented kindergarten children. The first activity booklet contains a poem by J. D. Evans titled "In Search of the Xanthus," which describes the search for an imaginary beast that leaves an "X" on the spot where it used to be. The second…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Enrichment Activities, Gifted, Kindergarten
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Special Education. – 1984
State regulations for educating gifted children in Ohio are outlined. The rules cover: eligibility/identification; placement procedures; supportive services and experiences (acceleration, special experiences, guidance, organizational options); and criteria for state reimbursement for employment of gifted education teachers and coordinators in…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Administrator Qualifications, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Deschamps, Gilles – 1991
Exceptionally gifted children need special education because their needs are not fully met by standard educational programs. In standard programs, exceptionally gifted children waste time in acquiring basic knowledge that should be spent on more specialized knowledge, and can easily get bored and frustrated. Entry into primary school should take…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Principles
Winebrenner, Susan; Berger, Sandra – 1994
This brief information sheet presents two strategies to motivate gifted students and is based on the book, "Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom", by Susan Winebrenner. The curriculum compacting strategy allows students to spend less time with the regular curriculum and more time with extension and enrichment activities. The…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Evaluation Methods
Subotnik, Rena F., Ed.; Arnold, Karen D., Ed. – 1994
This volume presents 16 papers describing recent longitudinal studies of giftedness. Papers have the following titles and authors: (1) "Longitudinal Study of Giftedness and Talent" (Rena F. Subotnik and Karen D. Arnold); (2) "The Illinois Valedictorian Project: Early Adult Careers of Academically Talented Male High School Students" (Karen D.…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
Drum, Jean, Ed. – Communicator, 1993
This theme issue on gifted high school students presents several feature articles, a California legislative update, and an editorial. In "Summer Seminar '93--California in the 21st Century," Janis Van Dreal describes a 2-week residential program in which gifted high school students examined California's future. "Visiting a Gifted…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Gifted, High Schools
Boren, Susan – 1994
This fact sheet summarizes issues involved in the reauthorization of the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1988, Title IV-B, Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This Act provides grants for research and demonstration projects and training activities to meet the needs of gifted and talented students. The Javits…
Descriptors: Definitions, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures
Liu, Andy – 1993
The International Mathematics Tournament of the Towns is a mathematics competition for junior and senior high school students all over the world. The tournament began in 1980 in the former Soviet Union. Participants write contest papers locally, with emphasis on solving within a very generous time allowance a small number of interesting problems.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Competition, Correspondence Study, Foreign Countries
Smarte, Lynn; McLane, Kathleen – 1994
This booklet explains how the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) and ECER (Exceptional Child Education Resources) databases can be used to find information about the education of individuals who have disabilities or who are gifted. The guide describes ERIC as a federally funded information system with a database of over 400,000…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Libby, Barbara, Comp.; Peterson, Jacqueline, Comp. – 1988
A survey report of programs for gifted and talented students in Massachusetts is presented, along with information about funding sources and related programs. The first section provides a definition of terms and a glossary of instructional models used in developing programs for gifted and talented students. The section also offers an analysis of…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Gifted
