In case studies of four nine-year-old Hungarian children with high intellectual potential, this study analyzed the sociocultural, environmental, and family-connected factors and the motivational and personality traits responsible for the decrease of intellectual potential in some children. (SW)

This study investigated achievement motivation based on a survey of 63 Latina women (43 doctoral graduates and 20 completers of doctoral coursework) and interviews with 10 of the women. Results indicated varying strengths in intrinsic achievement motives of mastery, work, competitiveness, and personal unconcern; low levels of sex-role…

Reports on a study of 34 high-ability fifth-grade students randomly assigned to individual- or cooperative-learning conditions. Finds that achievement was higher on recall and higher order reasoning measures and that the students demonstrated higher academic self-esteem and greater cohesion in the cooperative condition. (CFR)

A survey of 124 academically gifted secondary students who participated in the 1992-93 Utah Talent Search program focused on student experiences, attitudes toward teachers, self-perceptions, and career plans. Students reported a wide range of program options in elementary school but only honors and/or advanced placement classes at the secondary…

Survey responses of 82 Minnesota parents of rural students with disabilities and rural gifted students show that the main reason they applied for open enrollment is because alternative districts were better able to meet the educational requirements of their children. Transferring students' demographic characteristics and parents' sources of…

First-year data from a longitudinal investigation of over 1,100 children receiving different types of gifted services or regular instruction indicated significant differences in achievement levels, self-concepts, and teacher ratings of students selected for different services, with achievement fostered by special school and class options and…

Use of the System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA) with minority disadvantaged children in an urban school district resulted in increased numbers of African-American students (grades two through five) being eligible for gifted programing. Comparison with African-American students selected by traditional means found similar levels of…

Ohio's Commission on the Future of Gifted Education was created to establish a consensus of realistic priorities for the future of gifted education. The commission was initiated by advocates within the gifted education community and includes legislators, members of professional education organizations and parent organizations, and concerned…

Discusses the perceived immunity of gifted children to social adjustment problems. Reports the findings of a study of the issue. Concludes that some gifted students, particularly girls, are highly susceptible to crises of self-esteem, alienation, anxiety, and locus of control. Suggests preventive guidance to assist such children in developing…

Analysis of the Learning Style Inventory scores of 155 gifted African-American, Mexican-American, and American-born Chinese students in grades 6-8 indicated significant group differences in preferences for noise, light, visual modality, studying in the afternoon, and persistence. Gender and grade differences were found for some variables.…

The mentorship component of Project Synergy at Teachers College, Columbia University (New York), develops the talent of potentially gifted, economically disadvantaged urban kindergarten children, by matching them with mentors from a school for gifted urban minority middle school students. This paper describes training, the mentoring relationship…

This study investigated whether significant group, gender, and grade differences existed in the learning style preferences of high school students with learning disabilities (n=53) and gifted students (n=64). Findings indicated significant group differences in preferences for light, design, and kinesthetic modality, as well as for motivation,…

A survey of 144 gifted girls and 140 gifted boys in grades 6-8 examined their expectations about future education, career, and family; attitudes about school and school achievement; and concept of gender differences. Differences were found between boys and girls in all three areas. Boys believed their wives should not pursue a career once children…

This article describes five instructional strategies for use with gifted students with learning disabilities: (1) use of computer technology; (2) mnemonic (memory enhancing) techniques; (3) graphic organizers; (4) the integrative strategy instruction model; and (5) seminar instruction. (DB)

This study examined parent influence as perceived by 93 gifted junior high school students and their 172 parents. Multivariate analysis of variance of scores by both groups on the Parent Strengths and Needs Inventory found significant main effects for the three independent variables (generation of respondent, gender of parent, and child's school…