Observation of educational environments of 39 gifted students in primary and middle schools from a school district in England identified two methods of educational enrichment: circumstantial and specific. Teaching skills for the development of an individualized curriculum within the existing organizational structure are stressed. (Author/CB)

The counseling and consultation component of Duke University's Talent Identification Program Summer Residential Program was developed to address the unique psychosocial and emotional needs of gifted adolescents. Focus is on counseling interventions; involvement of residential, academic, and administrative staff; and outreach workshops. (CB)

Neither parental attitudes nor perception of mathematics as a male domain appear to account for sex differences in mathematics achievement on the SAT for gifted and above-average junior high school students. (MNS)

Selected references regarding recruitment into teacher education programs are listed, grouped according to recruitment issues and strategies, state policies, recruitment of the academically talented, and recruitment of minority students. (Author/MT)

This article presents a study of a program in Peoria, Illinois, for the gifted and talented that serves as a national test case for gifted education and minority enrollment. It was concluded that referral, identification, and selection were appropriate for the program model but that inequalities resulted from socioeconomic variables. (Author/LMO)

A survey (N=336 teachers) designed to assess teacher needs, obtain information on successful and unsuccessful inservice techniques, and determine existing differences between gifted and general inservice education indicated that most teachers wanted specific information on techniques and perferred training geared to their particular content and/or…

Compared beginning kindergarten subtest scores on Vane Test of Language and Vane Kindergarten Test to Metropolitan Achievement Test Scores in reading and math, Otis-Lennon School Ability Test Index, and placement into special education or high achievement programs following second grade. Results revealed effective predictability of the screening…

Explores various ways to assess and develop gifted students' leadership skills. (MCG)

Argues that philosophical, programmatic, and curricular features of gifted education programs can and should "spill over" to improve general education; outlines means of preparing for and initiating such "spillovers." (MCG)

It has been suggested that IQ's of gifted children resemble parents less than do people in general. This finding may have been an artifact of the particular estimator of the regression coefficient used. An unbiased estimator is introduced and shows that gifted children resemble parents more than persons in general. (Author/RD)

Describes a management-oriented system for the evaluation of educational programs for gifted children in public schools. Referred to as the Program Analysis and Review System, the approach comprises three sequential steps of program specification, documentation, and outcome determination, which are discussed in detail. (MBR)

Examined depression and self-esteem in gifted and nongifted fourth and fifth graders. Gifted children did not differ on levels of self-esteem or depression from their nongifted peers. Gifted boys reported lower levels of self-esteem and more depression than gifted girls. Boys were judged to be more depressed than girls, and fifth graders to be…

Describes the keyboarding program at Nicholls State University in Louisiana for gifted and talented junior and senior high school students. Gives results of a questionnaire distributed to 93 students concerning favorite activities, scores of timed writings, uses for keyboarding skills, computer accessibility, and student and teacher assessment of…

Describes a creative leter writing activity that involved eighth and tenth graders assuming characters from the modern age and Middle Ages. (HOD)

Results from a meta-analysis of 26 controlled studies on the effects of accelerated instruction on elementary and secondary school students are presented. The examination performance of accelerates surpassed the performance of equivalent age and intelligence nonaccelerates and equalled the performance of same-grade but older, talented…