This publication provides arts specialists and gifted coordinators with procedures for identifying students who are gifted in dance. All personnel who are developing district identification procedures and trained individuals who will be involved in the screening and identification of gifted children in the area of dance should read this handbook.…

This brochure, in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole, is intended to help parents identify children who are gifted and may need an education that goes beyond what is provided in their classrooms. It focuses on eight characteristics typical of such children with examples of behaviors showing the characteristic. The characteristics are: (1)…

Problems inherent in the process of identifying creativity in children are considered. Parallels in determining basketball talent through observation, tryout games, and identification of selected characteristics are drawn. Examples of creativity checklists and self-report inventories are given. (CL)

The Educational Enrichment Center in Holon, Israel has developed a holistic community model of identification and education of gifted and talented children (grades 1 through 9). Four networks of educational agents (universities, student counselors, teachers, and parents) interact with the center to develop students' emotional, social, and…

Progress in programs to identify and develop academically precocious youth are discussed while showing that the age-in-grade basis for education impairs learning quality and extent. A national search for talented youth is described, and a longitudinal mathematics team-teaching program is proposed. (CM)

Teachers of regular classes containing gifted students should develop their ability to identify those gifted students, analyze their teaching approaches, assess the students' ability and developmental stage, organize the classroom into different working levels, and collaborate with other teachers to extend and elaborate the curriculum. (CL)

Programs for gifted education are briefly described for eight Australian states and territories--Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory. Each program is reviewed in terms of policy, identification procedures, programing practices, and teacher…

Validation studies of the initial group inventory for finding interests (GIFFI) I and II were carried out with 1,024 students (grades 6-12). Internal consistency, reliability, and validity of the scales, which measure personality and biographical characteristics associated with creativity were substantiated. (CL)

Traces the evolution of current definitions of the gifted and talented. Examines a model of assessment, and presents steps in the selection of students for a gifted and talented program. (CT)

Julian Stanley, director of Johns Hopkins University's Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth, heads a national search for those who may become tomorrow's leading scientists. In this interview Stanley tells how students can qualify for the program and offers advice on educating the gifted. (Author/MLF)

The article describes the program for gifted children in English primary and infant schools. Attitudes toward early identification, both pro and con, are reported for several school administrators. (SBH)

Reasons for misidentifying intellectually gifted children through standardized tests are discussed, and a teacher nomination form for potentially gifted students is presented. (CL)

Describes procedures used by the Covina-Valley Unified School District, California, for identifying deaf and severely hard of hearing children (3 to 18 years old) who are mentally gifted. Before initiating such a program, it is suggested that there be an awareness of state requirements for classification as mentally gifted and of state funding for…

The study assessed the structural validity of the Ross Test of Higher Cognitive Processes (a recently developed instrument designed to assess the higher level thinking skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation as outlined in Bloom's Taxonomy) with 154 gifted third through sixth graders. (Author/CL)

Five articles on the young gifted child focus on identification, the application of child development principles, characteristics, the role of play in a differentiated curriculum, and appropriate books. (DB)