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Download full textNew York State School Boards Association, Albany. – 1988
The position paper of the New York State School Boards Association covers concerns of identification of the gifted and talented, program development, program evaluation, teacher qualifications, community and parental involvement, and legislation. Twenty-one recommendations are made and include the following: The definition of giftedness should be…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Definitions, Educational Legislation, Gifted
Shore, Bruce M., Ed.; And Others – 1983
Thirty-two author-contributed chapters were selected from 369 papers presented at the 1981 World Conference on Gifted and Talented Children. Authors included psychologists, educators, geneticists, researchers, and sociologists. Papers address five topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): social contexts (parent and family role, gifted adults at…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitudes, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development
Hickerson, Benny – 1984
Critical reading and thinking abilities can be encouraged among average and above-average secondary school students through the study of literature. One approach is to give students a study sheet on the elements of the short story. The students should be led through the elements listed and given an opportunity to express their opinions about the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading
McDonald, Janet L. – 1983
The development of a two week summer institute for seventh and eighth grade students who are gifted in math and science and are interested in computers is summarized, and various project materials are appended. Objectives of the 1982 microcomputer summer institute, which was sponsored by the State University of New York at Albany, included:…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Computer Science Education, Gifted, Junior High Schools
Deasy, Richard J. – 1983
Maryland's decade of experience in providing programs for gifted and talented students indicates that response to the needs of such students has been strongest when federal, state, and local policy and financial commitments were complementary. The notion that federal financial support is not necessary and may even be counterproductive is…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Program Development
Ports, Kim; Mills, Carol J. – 1988
This curriculum guide is designed to aid in the planning and execution of a writing course for verbally gifted elementary school students. The course is designed for students ranging in age from 8-11 years whose verbal reasoning skills are at least 3 years above grade level. The course instructs students in the fundamentals of communication…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Writing, Curriculum Design, Descriptive Writing
Goldinher, Martin R. – 1984
The 1983-84 Motivate and Stimulate for Excellence (MASE) Project in 10 Dade County, Florida, elementary schools was funded under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, Chapter II. It was designed to provide academically above average students with enrichment activities to enhance their critical thinking and problem solving skills through…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Achievement Gains, Attitude Measures, Critical Thinking
Claassen, J. M. – 1984
The paper explores practical strategies for using classical studies to enhance the education of adolescent students, especially those who are gifted. It reviews progress, since 1900, in Latin teaching methods in Great Britain and the Netherlands and describes more recent work in South Africa, including the development of new curricula for teaching…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Book Reviews, Classical Literature, Curriculum Development
Ungerer, E. – 1984
The paper describes steps taken in initiating a program for gifted students undertaken in 11 secondary schools in Cape Province, South Africa. The development of an identification model was made difficult because the fixed South African educational system inhibits creativity and productive thinking abilities. Factors used to select students for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Creativity, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries
Renzulli, Joseph S., Ed. – 1984
Six studies are presented which investigate factors in implementing the Revolving Door Identification Model (RDIM) and the Enrichment Triad Model in gifted education for children in grades 1-8. In "An Analysis of the Productivity of Gifted Students Participating in Programs Using the Revolving Door Identification Model," S. Reis reports,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Behavior Rating Scales, Creative Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Avant, Anna H.; O'Neal, Marcia R. – 1986
A public school district in Alabama uses the Otis Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) in place of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) (WISC-R) as a screening device for students who are referred for possible special education placement. To determine the relationship between the two tests, Pearson product moment correlation…
Descriptors: Correlation, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Albert, Robert S.; Runco, Mark A. – 1987
The study examined the perceptions of two gifted samples (n=54) and a nongifted control group (n=130) of preadolescent boys (ages 12-13) regarding their school and peer experiences, intrafamily roles, discipline and identification models, and career choices. Results of a 62-item questionnaire indicated that the group identified as having…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Family Relationship, Gifted, Intelligence Differences
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1982
The program for gifted and talented students in the Austin Independent School District consists of 126 programs in grades K-12 to develop skills and abilities in academic subjects, music, art, problem-solving, and coping with giftedness. The program has been in effect since 1975. The focus of the evaluation in 1981-82 is the identification of…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Data Collection
Powers, Stephen; And Others – 1982
The reasons academically gifted high school seniors select institutions of higher education and their interest in precollege, university-level courses were studied. Gifted seniors in the Tucson Unified School District were mailed the Higher Education Orientation Inventory (HEOI), an adaptation of the Graduate Student Satisfaction Questionnaire.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Placement Programs, College Bound Students, College Choice
Baggarley, Margaret; And Others – 1981
Intended for regular classroom teachers in intermediate science classes serving the gifted and talented student, the curriculum handbook is designed to give a basic understanding of gifted education, to list appropriate goals and objectives for the gifted student, and to suggest materials and strategies for implementation within the regular…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Affective Objectives, Botany, Electricity
