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Karnes, Merle B.; Taylor, Angela R. – 1978
This guide provides a set of qualitative and quantitative procedures and criteria for determining if a preschool handicapped child is talented in any of 6 areas: intellectual, academic, creative, leadership, visual and performing arts, and psychomotor. The guide developed by the RAPYHT project (a model program for Retrieval and Acceleration of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, Creativity Tests, Educational Media
National Association of Independent Schools, Boston, MA. – 1978
The booklet discusses teaching gifted and talented students in the regular classroom. Brief case histories of three different types of gifted students are presented: morally gifted, creatively gifted, and cognitively gifted. Defining the gifted and talented is discussed, and characteristics of gifted children within each talent area are outlined.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Aptitude Tests, Case Studies
Lyons, Linda – 1980
This study was undertaken to determine if high school females who elected an accelerated mathematics program could be distinguished from high school females who elected a regular mathematics program on the basis of parental modeling, parental reinforcement, and academic and career interests. Findings indicated that the groups were differentiated…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Elective Courses, Females, Gifted
Apple, N. C.; Tierney, P. O. – 1979
A study of the goals of an accelerated composition and literature curriculum was subdivided into a "concurrence" strand designed to determine the agreement on course objectives by students, parents, and teachers, and an "attainment" strand to determine the extent to which students attained existing objectives. The study involved 269 tenth and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Content, Course Objectives, Educational Research
Noyce, Ruth M. – 1977
The Enrichment Triad Model, developed by Joseph Renzulli, interrelates three kinds of learning activities to match student interests and preferred learning styles to experiences outside the regular curriculum. Two of the learning activities are appropriate for all learners, while the third is especially suitable for students capable of superior…
Descriptors: Career Education, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Education
PLOWMAN, PAUL D. – 1964
MANY PROGRAMS FOR GIFTED CHILDREN ARE BEING DEVELOPED WHICH FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL LEARNING NEEDS, ESTABLISH DIFFERENTIAL TECHNIQUES, DESCRIBE HEIGHTENED GOALS OF ACHIEVEMENT, AND EMPHASIZE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT TOWARD EXCELLENCE. INCREASED ENROLLMENT FOR GIFTED CHILD PROGRAMS WAS NOTED DURING THE PAST YEAR. THE MOST FREQUENTLY USED TYPES OF PROGRAMS…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Advanced Placement, Counselors, Creative Expression
HAMPTON, NELLIE D. – 1960
AN EXPERIMENTAL 8-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM FOR GIFTED CHILDREN IN RURAL AREAS AND TOWNS WAS TESTED FOR EFFECTIVENESS. THE HYPOTHESIS OF THIS PROJECT WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN ACHIEVEMENT OR ADJUSTMENT BETWEEN STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THIS SPECIAL PROGRAM AND STUDENTS WHO HAD THE SAME INTELLIGENCE BUT NO SPECIAL TRAINING.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Opportunities, Experimental Curriculum
HAMPTON, NELLIE D. – 1961
THE EFFECTS OF TRAINING GIVEN TO A GROUP OF GIFTED CHILDREN IN A SPECIAL SUMMER PROGRAM WERE TESTED DURING THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR WITH RESPECT TO OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT AMONG THE STUDENTS. THE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO COMPARE THIS EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WITH TWO CONTROL GROUPS DRAWN FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOL POPULATIONS. IT WAS THE SECOND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Child Development, Curriculum Research
BARBE, WALTER B.; STEPHENS, THOMAS M. – 1962
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE--(1) "A DECADE OF PROGRESS IN THE STUDY OF THE GIFTED AND CREATIVE PUPIL," PAUL A. WITTY, (2) "TEACHING THE GIFTED," A. HARRY PASSOW, (3) "ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF GIFTED PROGRAMS," WALTER B. BARBE, (4) "THE TEACHER OF ACADEMICALLY GIFTED CHILDREN," MYRON…
Descriptors: Achievement, Administrative Problems, Creativity Research, Gifted
Consuegra, Gerard F. – 1980
The paper discusses the mathematics and science education of gifted students in grades 7 through 12. Characteristics of students gifted in science and mathematics are described; identification procedures reported in the literature are reviewed including general approaches and those specific to math and science; teaching methods involving…
Descriptors: Gifted, High Schools, Junior High Schools, Mathematics
Le Storti, Anthony J.; And Others – 1980
The unit on language is designed for presentation to middle school, junior high, and senior high gifted students. Information on objectives, materials, and presentation guidelines is presented for eight lessons on the following topics: purposes and process of language, successful/unsuccessful communication, precise/imprecise communication,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Creativity, Gifted, High Schools
Hirsch, Sharlene P. – 1979
The document describes the Executive High School Internships program which mainstreamed a pilot group of 14 high potential students with orthopedic, hearing, and sight impairments into a project which enabled them to spend a full term, on leave from classes, in nonpaid placements with public and private sector managers and executives, learning how…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Gifted, Hearing Impairments
Lacy, Grace – 1979
The author contends that a comprehensive approach to differentiating instruction for the gifted must involve values, feelings, personal growth, and interpersonal relations so the gifted child is free to realize his optimum potential. The paper describes some of the major adjustment problems faced by the gifted as well as some approaches to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Gifted
Brundage, Diane, Ed. – 1979
Based on work done for the 1978 Ford Fellows in Educational Journalism Program, the document contains series of newspaper articles authored by 10 journalists on various educational topics. The 10 series titles and authors are: "Growing Up Gifted in America's Schools" (H. Collins); "Minimum Competency Testing: State Approaches" (J. Covington);…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Black Colleges, Declining Enrollment, Educational Finance
Davis, Paul I. – 1978
The document reports on a study of community-based identification of gifted and talented Black middle-school students, as an adjunct to formal identification procedures. A developmental framework for the identification of the gifted minority child was distributed to 17 known leaders in the Black community (including ministers, youth leaders in…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Youth, Community Involvement, Community Leaders
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