THE APPLICATION OF GROUP COUNSELING TO EDUCATION WAS INVESTIGATED WITH RESPECT TO ANALYSES OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND PERSONALITY INTEGRATION FOR USE WITH DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF SOUND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. SUBJECTS WERE 15 NINTH-GRADE STUDENTS, DIVIDED INTO 2 COUNSELING GROUPS AND CONSIDERED TO BE GIFTED UNDERACHIEVERS. EACH…

THE FREQUENCY OF 'ASPECT' (PERFECT AND PROGRESSIVE IN THE AUXILIARY) WAS REPORTED FOR RETARDED, NORMAL, AND SUPERIOR CHILDREN ACROSS AGE AND THE ORAL AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE MODALITIES. DATA WERE LIMITED IN SEVERAL RESPECTS, PARTICULARLY SIZE OF SAMPLE. THIS IS A PILOT STUDY RATHER THAN A SERIOUS EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND PROCESSES OF LANGUAGE…

THE GUIDE OFFERED THE TEACHER ACTIVITY UNITS THAT SHE COULD USE TO ENRICH THE CURRICULUM AND TO CHALLENGE THE MORE ABLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT. THE UNITS ARE DIVIDED INTO THE HISTORICAL GEOLOGY OF NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD, HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH AND WRITING, AND THE FOLKLORE ASPECT OF LITERATURE. THE TWO MUSIC UNITS WERE DIVIDED…

The second of three documents on Project PRISM, a program designed to help middle school classroom teachers provide for the needs of gifted and talented students without removing them from the mainstream, notes guidelines for parents. The following topics are addressed (sample subtopics in parentheses): characteristics of the gifted (common myths…

The Senate oversight hearings on P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, features statements by personnel representing the California State Department of Education, the Chief State School Officers, the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, and the Council for Exceptional Children. Questions from the…

This document represents Volume I of a two volume study to determine the extent to which four elementary level social studies programs reflect the multi-racial, multi-cultural nature of American society. The document is presented in three parts. Part I covers the Michigan Social Studies Textbook Act, an historical overview of previous Michigan…

This document, Volume II of a two-volume report on the extent to which four elementary level social studies programs reflect the multi-racial, multi-cultural nature of American society, contains individual reports of each reviewer. Fifteen reviewers examined textbooks and accompanying instructional materials according to the degree to which they…

This report on ability grouping or "streaming" in secondary schools is an overview of research on the subject done in schools in many different countries. Referring to an extensive bibliography, the author gives examples of conclusions reached through observation and experiment on the part of educators. The complexity of the subject is revealed by…

In this paper, it is noted that there are three reasons for studying the black gifted child. First, black destiny has in part been shaped by talented blacks--for example, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. Second, the black gifted are a minority within a minority. The gifted black female, subject to sexism, is even more of a minority. Third,…

Discussed in the monograph are methods for identifying and developing programs for culturally different gifted students. In an overview section, the important issues and trends associated with the discovery and nurturance of giftedness among the culturally different are considered; and screening methods which involve modified traditional…

Intended for professional personnel of the Hampshire Country School, which treats gifted children with immobilizing emotional dysfunctions, the handbook specifies staff commitments. The Code of Ethics, adapted from the National Education Association Code as supplemented by The Council for Exceptional Children, sets forth four principles:…

In the fall of 1975, students scoring at the 77th percentile and above on the ITBS were brought together with selected teachers in two magnet schools and four vanguard schools. The present report presents a comparison of the fall-to-spring achievement of the groups and the opinions of principals, teachers, and parents. Also provided is the…

The program outlined in this document focuses on the problems and challenges of teaching English to mixed ability classes. The document is divided into three parts. The first part lists the aims and principles guiding the program, while the second (and main) part details the various sections of the program, such as projects, close reading,…

Provided are directories of federal, state and national resources, seven papers on the state of the art, and information on such other resources as films and state level parent organizations. The state of the art is examined in the following papers: "The Federal Role in the Education of the Gifted and Talented" (staff of the Office of Gifted and…

Described is the development, implementation, and evaluation of guidelines for a program serving gifted children in two Sacramento, California elementary schools. Considered are the following major topics: rationale for mentally gifted minor programs, mentally gifted minor characteristics, identification of mentally gifted minors, program…