Intended for both parents and educators, the booklet offers answers to the questions parents ask about their gifted children. The 64 questions are divided into 6 major categories--definitions of giftedness, ways to help parents identify gifted children, schooling for the gifted child, understanding gifted children, help for the gifted child, and…

The research reported here had the objective of developing a practical, fair method for identifying the top two per cent in ability of the eighth grade of an inner-city junior high school; approximately 400 students in a predominantly black urban junior high school participated. (Author/JM)

The document provides a supplement on evaluation and information on resources related to the identification of gifted and talented children. Section I on evaluation covers three different approaches to evaluation along with a statement of their strengths and weaknesses and examples of assessment techniques appropriate to each method. Also…

Reported are results of two surveys of gifted and talented education in New York State during 1974-1975, one sent to each local public school district in the State and another sent to each of the 46 Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES). Major findings of the survey include: 92% of Boards of Education do not have a policy statement…

A study involving 12 elementary age Hispanic children identified as gifted and placed in a creative arts program investigated the issue of identifying gifted minority group children. Ss were administered the System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA) and the Cartoon Conservation Scales (CCS). Comparisons were made between teacher…

The report describes a career education program for 20 gifted and talented twelfth grade students which incorporated a guidance laboratory, use of university mentors in a student's chosen field, and an internship period. Detailed are participant characteristics, identification methods, and program evaluation findings. Changes made during the…

"OPERATION MOTIVATION" WAS STARTED IN 1957 AND SERVES 23 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH 16,000 CHILDREN, APPROXIMATELY 95 PERCENT OF WHOM ARE NEGRO. ITS PURPOSE IS TO RAISE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH MOTIVATION RATHER THAN ALTERED CURRICULA OR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES. APPROACHES UNDERTAKEN BY THE PROGRAM INCLUDE CONVINCING THE TEACHERS THAT…

REPORTED ARE THE RESULTS OF SEVERAL RELATED STUDIES SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA). THESE STUDIES ATTEMPTED TO (1) DETERMINE THOSE CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTISTS WHICH ARE VALID IN DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN SCIENTISTS OF HIGH AND LOW LEVEL PRODUCTIVITY AND CREATIVITY, AND (2) UTILIZE THESE CHARACTERISTICS IN…

Research findings at the Center for the Study of Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley, reveal that adequate data for meaningful research on talented women are unavailable. The findings also imply that (1) the most talented and creative college women apparently leave colleges in which they first enrolled before the end of four…

Compared were the attainments and other characteristics of 73 gifted and 64 average-bright control primary school children, selected on the basis of a Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale score of 140 and over, and 130 and under; and also of two subgroups obtaining IQ 160 and over, and 120 and under. Questionnaires were designed for and completed by…

In a study to determine if appropriate instruction would improve the accuracy of teacher-judged giftedness, 24 teachers participated in the Identification of the Potentially Gifted (IPG) training program. (CL)

Discusses a scheme for looking at individual children who appear to have exceptional needs and considering how best these needs can be met. The author, the chief inspector of the Surrey County Council, uses the progress in Surrey as example. (Author/RK)

Survey responses of 33 gifted coordinators in Minnesota school districts indicated that gifted education is not firmly entrenched at the kindergarten level. Few children are involved, classroom teachers attempt to instruct subpopulation with little differentiation made from the regular curriculum, and parent and community resources are not used to…

Poland's system for identifying and developing talent in its youth is described, including the experimental flexible curriculum that is now being extended to all students. (MSE)

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…