The importance of applying multiple selection criteria from the beginning in the identification of gifted students is stressed. Approaches which use achievement and intelligence tests as a primary screening criteria before applying multiple criteria are said to be only skin deep. (CL)

It is important to develop total "ownership" in gifted programs so that regular teachers, administrators, and community members realize the benefits of serving the above average student. (CL)

The Super Saturday program, an extra school program at Purdue University providing minicourses at a fast pace for gifted children in grades 1 through 12, has been judged positively by parents, teachers, and students. (CL)

Desired competencies for teachers of gifted children are reviewed (including knowledge of the nature and needs of gifted students, ability to develop methods and materials, and creative problem solving skills), and the structure and content of graduate training courses in gifted education are considered. (CL)

The role of the school psychologist in gifted education can include developing identification procedures, describing behavioral characteristics, and educating parents. (Author)

A study involving 89 junior and senior high school students was conducted to validate an identification instrument which classifies behaviors into six categories--convergent, divergent/creative, goal oriented, social skills, physical skills, and affect/feelings. The six behavior clusters characterized most students in the study. (SW)

Uses 227 elementary education majors to investigate the effect of past musical training on students' present ability to perform on music achievement test items. Investigates if a difference existed between students with training and those without training, and if a difference existed in the type of training. (Author/AH)

Curriculum must be adapted to match the ability and developmental stages of the academically gifted. The Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth at Johns Hopkins University determined that curriculum flexibility, not change, is the best approach. (JOW)

Issues such as work orientation, social stratification, and sex roles affecting career education for gifted and talented students are considered. Data on career-related problems facing this population are cited. Principles and characteristics of successful programs (such as active professional role models and individualized guidance) are…

Studied the role of self-perceptions of career-relevant abilities in understanding the career aspirations of mathematically talented adolescent females (N=121). Students were assigned to one of six career-aspiration groups. Analysis indicated that nontraditional math career aspirants could be discriminated on the basis of seven self-estimates of…

The gifted handicapped student is discussed in terms of developing staff sensitivity, formulating an identification process, and developing a transdisciplinary team approach to create an individualized educational program for each child. Within the identification process a major new element is the Teacher Observational Item (TOI) list. (Author/SB)

Two articles contain the case studies of a gifted learning disabled elementary-age student and of a gifted dyslexic adult. (SB)

Presents a case-study showing the importance of music education to an 11-year-old with learning disabilities. The boy had not received any music training in special education classes. During a summer arts enrichment program, an instructor discovered his musical ability. Later, a school music teacher found he was musically gifted. (AM)

Presents approaches to recruiting which can help achieve a successful school band program. Key elements discussed include identifying students with musical ability, providing personal contact with prospective students and their parents, promoting a positive image of the band, and planning and organizing carefully. (AM)

Art Partnership Networks enlist college students, majors in every field of art, each of whom "adopts" a gifted elementary school child.