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Download full textSonntag, Joyce Hagen – 1973
Intended for use by teachers of mentally gifted students, this curriculum guide contains suggestions and materials useful in programs designed to advance the learning of the mentally gifted. The guide stresses the importance of language as a tool in a technological society. Language skills are examined from a nonverbal, oral, and written…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Creative Activities, Curriculum Guides
Rosen, Jacqueline L. – 1975
The goal of this research project was to design a personality test which would help select, guide, and place prospective teachers into situations where they would be happiest and most effective. A Developmental Self and Child Concept Scales (DSCCS) test was developed and administered to 81 women attending a graduate teacher training program. In…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Children, Family Role, Gifted
Silliman, Ben; Alexander, David – 1976
A proposed model for the process of placement of exceptional (handicapped and gifted) children is described in terms of historical, ethical, procedural, and legal aspects. It is noted that historically IQ scores served as the main placement criterion. Stressed in the proposed model is the right of all children to an appropriate education and the…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Court Litigation, Due Process, Equal Education
Newland, T. Ernest – 1976
The text concerns social, psychological, and educational aspects of providing for the gifted from early age until the college level. It is explained that the emphasis of the book is on programmatic aspects of facilitating school learning by the gifted, and that it is illustrated with episodes from the author's experiences during 40 years of…
Descriptors: Administration, Case Studies, Definitions, Educational Needs
Tongue, Cornelia; Sperling, Charmian – 1976
Presented is a model designed to aid school personnel in identifying gifted and talented children. In the chapter on problems and challenges of identification, the inadequacies of standardized group intelligence tests are pointed out and factors contributing to the broadening of the concept of giftedness are outlined. Stressed in chapter 2, on…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Conceptual Schemes, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. for Exceptional Children. – 1975
Discussed is a comptency-based program (CBP) for certifying teachers of gifted and talented students in North Carolina by 1977. It is explained that the CBP offers an alternative to required graduate study and involves a visiting team's evaluation of the teacher's knowledge of the gifted and ability to develop and implement a comprehensive…
Descriptors: Accountability, Certification, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Programs
Jelfo, Donald T. – 1974
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between student verbal ability and performance in an introductory United States history class at a comprehensive community college. For the purposes of this study, performance was defined as grade point average and rate of persistence. Because of degree requirements, students at…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1961
Presented is the final report of the California State Department of Education on the involvement of 929 gifted children (grades 1-12) in 17 experimental educational programs during the 1958-59 school year. The experimental programs evaluated are divided into three categories: special groupings, acceleration, and enrichment in the regular class. A…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Acceleration, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education
Cooperative Educational Research Lab., Inc., Northfield, IL. – 1968
A 2-week institute trained 30 public school personnel, all involved with the Illinois gifted program, as evaluators. An evaluation design, materials, and instruments were developed; the workshop evolved from evaluation planning to skill training in data gathering techniques. Evaluation in terms of each participant's local situation was stressed.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods
Heist, Paul, Ed. – 1968
Eight authors focus on creativity and creative college age youth, topics include the creative student in liberal arts and sciences, the artistically talented and the educational establishment, and the creative student and academic standards. Directions toward solution are reviewed; considerations in the assessment of creativity are appended. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Art, College Programs, Creative Activities
Wallach, Michael A.; Wing, Cliff W., Jr. – 1969
To investigate intelligence level, academic achievement, nonacademic achievement, ideational productivity, and the uniqueness of the ideas produced, a sample of 503 incoming freshman university students was recruited. Intelligence was measured by using students' Scholastic Aptitude Test scores; verbal and visual stimuli were used to elicit ideas.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, College Admission, College Students
Neff, Benjamin G., Jr. – 1973
This document describes a 1-year (1972-1973) practicum program which entailed planning, implementing, and evaluating a supervision system of off-campus innovative instruction by parent-teacher teams for 42 gifted elementary school students. Discussed are development and implementation of the following program components: goals, such as teaching…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cooperative Programs, Elementary School Students, Exceptional Child Education
Allen, William H. – 1974
The effects of variation in instructional media design for all learners and for low and high ability learners considered separately are investigated in this paper, and the results are collected into a set of prescriptions for instructional media design. The literature of the aptitude-treatment interaction field is reviewed, and 10 statements on…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academically Gifted, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Ability
Levy, Leah, Ed. – Inequality in Education, 1973
Every school system in the country seeks a way to evaluate its educational effectiveness as well as the academic success and failres of its students. A majority of schools assume that intelligence, and therefore academic success, can be measured. Accordingly, standardized tests are used to determine intellectual capacity and level, and test…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged Youth
Davis, Jerry L. – 1971
Counselors at the Research and Guidance Laboratory for Superior Students at the University of Wisconsin prepared specific suggestions designed to assist participating high school students in their educational development. One hundred and eight academically superior students were assigned to three experimental groups and one control group.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, Counseling
