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Glasnapp, Douglas R.; And Others – 1981
The paper describes the application of discriminant analysis to the identification of academically gifted elementary grade students. The principles of discriminant analysis are explained to provide a weighted profile of scores across predictor variables which are then compared with a criterion measure. An illustration of the method's used with 64…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Achievement Tests, Behavior Rating Scales, Discriminant Analysis
Leung, Esther K. – 1981
The paper outlines identification and social problems regarding the gifted bilingual bicultural student and offers suggestions to parents and teachers for alleviating those problems. Noted among problems in identification is that minority students may not exhibit behaviors and characteristics which are recognized as manifestation of talents and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Problems
Cornette, James H.; Bartelo, Dennise M. – 1980
A frequent concern of language arts teachers is how to provide a quality differentiated program for the highly able readers in their classrooms. In order to implement such a program, one must look first at the uniqueness of the individual school and then explore a variety of organizational patterns that meet the needs of the students. One…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Individualized Reading, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Spencerport Central Schools, NY. – 1980
A committee of three parents of gifted children, three teachers interested in gifted education, three elementary principals, and the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction in the Spencerport (New York) Central School District was established to study the educational needs of the elementary grade gifted child. Sections of the committee's report…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum, Elementary Education, Gifted
Karnes, Merle B.; And Others – 1978
This teaching guide suggests practical ideas for encouraging intellectual talent in preschool children. It is part of a series of similar guides, developed by the RAPYHT Project (Retrieval and Acceleration of Promising Young Handicapped and Talented) for educating young gifted/talented handicapped children and gifted children with no handicaps.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Educational Diagnosis, Gifted
Stacy, Mona; Mitchell, Bruce – 1978
An advanced learning center for gifted students from the third through the eighth grade is described. The goal of this program is to provide children who have leadership potential with a curricular environment that allows opportunities to probe, experiment, hypothesize, synthesize, and analyze in order to act and interact with others. This same…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Change Agents, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Fearn, Leif; Foster, Kathleen – 1977
A two-week writing workshop has been designed and conducted for gifted students in grades three through five. Specific activities have been planned to enable learners to write for a variety of purposes, to learn about many categories of writing, and to come into contact with different kinds of information through listening, discussion, and reading…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Class Activities, Creative Thinking, Elementary Education
Landis, Melodee – 1978
The document presents information on activities designed to foster growth in creativity and upper level thinking of secondary gifted students. An introductory section covers instructional models, including Guilford's Structure-of-Intellect Model and Krathwohl's Affective Taxonomical Model. Activities are described in terms of objectives,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Creative Development, Gifted, Language Arts
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1979
This publication contains descriptions of a wide spectrum of exemplary educational programs available as models for educators in South Carolina. Each description includes the following information: rationale for the program's implementation; target audiences; funding; students, parents, instructional, and administrative staff opinions concerning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
Campbell-Thrane, Lucille, Ed. – 1979
Focusing on vocational education programs that have been successful in increasing access to and performance in vocational education, this publication contains descriptions and abstracts of 137 programs for special needs populations. The first of two major sections contains sixteen site visit reports that include program name, address, contact…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academically Gifted, American Indians, Bilingual Students
Archibald, David – 1978
Based on the experiences of the Neshaminy School District (Pennsylvania) in developing and providing inservice training for regular and special education teachers involved with mainstreaming gifted and handicapped children, the manual presents a general guide for setting up and providing specific materials and activities for mainstreaming…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Gifted, Handicapped Children, Informal Assessment
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
The project involving one elementary and one junior high school in each of the six regions of the District of Columbia School System was designed to service approximately 300 socioeconomically disadvantaged students who have been identified as demonstrating or having potential for superior academic achievement. Evaluation of the project focused on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Attendance, Demonstration Programs
COKER, ROBERT; AND OTHERS – 1960
THE PRINCIPLES OF MODERN BIOLOGY SHOULD BE PRESENTED IN A DYNAMIC AND CHALLENGING WAY TO CAPABLE STUDENTS TO DEVELOP LASTING INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT AND TO PLACE EMPHASIS UPON THE ROLE OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES IN BIOLOGY IN ACCORD WITH NATIONWIDE TENDENCY. THE COURSE IS COMPLETE IN ITSELF BUT PROVIDES A BASIS FOR STUDENTS WHO ELECT ADVANCED WORK.…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Advanced Programs, Biology, Course Objectives
1962
MORE THAN 10,000 CHILDREN ATTEND SCHOOLS WHERE THERE ARE NO SCHOOL LIBRARIES. SIXTY-SIX PERCENT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE A SCHOOL LIBRARY. EVEN SCHOOLS WITH CENTRALIZED LIBRARIES HAVE FEWER THAN FIVE BOOKS PER PUPIL, AND MANY ARE WITHOUT PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED LIBRARIANS. BECAUSE OF THESE STATISTICS A SPECIAL ISSUE ON ELEMENTARY…
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Resources, Educational Trends, Elementary Education
FRIEDAN, BETTY – 1962
IN OCTOBER, 1962, 250 STUDENTS IN 14 SEMINAR GROUPS, FIFTH GRADERS THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, BECAME SATURDAY "APPRENTICES" TO PROFESSIONAL RESOURCE PERSONS FROM THE COMMUNITY. STUDENTS WITH HIGH INTEREST AND POTENTIAL ATTENDED THE SEMINARS FOR 8 WEEKS IN THE FALL SEMESTER. A SECOND 8-WEEK SERIES WAS PRESENTED IN THE SPRING. THE…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, After School Programs, Art Activities, Community Resources
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