Methods of identifying gifted minority students are discussed, including culture-fair tests, culture-based or culture-specific tests, multiple norming, and the zone of potential development. Reliance on teacher judgment and peer referral is also encouraged. Effects of poor teacher and parent attitudes toward gifted disadvantaged students are also…

The article discusses the training of teachers for gifted children with an emphasis on the need for developing a better process for identifying and educating gifted Black children in South Africa. The curriculum for a comprehensive and holistic four-year teacher training program is suggested and social, economic, and political influences…

Use of the Raven Matrices and chronometric devices may prove useful in increasing the disproportionately low number of minority students thus far identified and placed in programs for gifted students. Also recommended are more planning flexibility, increased research funding, better information dissemination, and improved teacher training.…

Many of the issues concerning assessment in higher education are really issues of values, philosophy, and theory, rather than practical, nuts-and-bolts issues. Excellence as the development of human talent, competition or cooperation, outcomes, and improving assessment practices are discussed. (MLW)

The author describes a comprehensive career development system implemented by Coca-Cola USA. The system's objectives are (1) to promote from within, (2) to develop talent for the future, (3) to make managers responsible for development efforts, and (4) to make individuals ultimately responsible for their development. (CH)

This annotated bibliography lists a wide range of print and nonprint materials for teachers, administrators, counselors, and parents of gifted children. Included are bibliographies, dictionaries, and handbooks that cover research and resources for identifying, nurturing, educating, and managing stress in gifted children and for curriculum…

Recent research findings indicate that visualisers are seriously underrepresented among high mathematical achievers at the senior high school level. Possible reasons for this phenomenon are discussed, and kinds of imagery which overcome some of the limitations of visual processing in mathematics are described. (MNS)

Twenty-three pairs of twins were studied to determine factors influencing special program inclusion, impact of inclusion, and nature of academic programs when only one twin was included. Twins included in special programs were generally characterized by the traditional academic view of high-achievers, while nonselected twins preferred more…

The mathematical content involved in self-teaching enrichment models for students in grades 8-12, the pedagogy employed in a summer institute for such students, and the results obtained are presented. (MNS)

Compared (a) three vocational assessment batteries, (b) structured individual counseling and unstructured individual counseling, and (c) mixed-sex versus same sex career groups in terms of their usefulness, educational value, and enjoyability as perceived by gifted adolescents. Students preferred a test battery consisting of the Self-Directed…

Compared gifted (n=97), talented (n=53), and nongifted (n=90) intermediate school children in terms of divergent thinking fluency, flexibility, and originality scores elicited by standard and explicit instructions. Results indicated that the scores of all groups were significantly different in the two instructional conditions. (Author/ABB)

The Paula Program in music for gifted girls in middle schools, developed by St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, is described. How the program was designed is discussed and activities and materials selected for classroom use are briefly described. (RM)

A program called OM (originally titled Olympics of the Mind), aimed at encouraging creativity in gifted and talented students via the industrial arts curriculum, is examined. Creative problem solving is discussed and examples of problems and format are included. Program effectiveness and public relations are described in detail. (CT)

Research on parents' roles with gifted students is reviewed in terms of family characteristics, parental attitudes and values, family problems with gifted children, achievement and underachievement, identification, enrichment suggestions for parents, and the parent-school relationship. Among findings cited are a lack of experimental research and…

The article traces the construction, validation, and revision of 24 biographical inventories resulting in the Form U Biographical Inventory, which yields four scores (academic performance, creativity, leadership, and artistic potential) to identify gifted and talented elementary and secondary students as defined by the U. S. Department of…