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Metzger, Rebecca Griffeth – 1991
The StudyWorks Project was a 1-year unit of study designed for implementation with gifted/talented (G/T) students and developmentally handicapped (DH) students. The project involved four major areas of study (economic development, career education, social/interpersonal skills, and health/nutrition) and provided practical application of these areas…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum, Economic Development, Elementary Education
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Download full textTuresky, Stanley F., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1983
Various aspects of liberal arts education in the community college are discussed in the 11 articles in this monograph. First, Myron A. Marty presents an overview of current conditions and pressures affecting the liberal arts in the two-year college. Then, Jack Friedlander reviews the data on student participation in liberal arts courses. Ruth G.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Role, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum
Bishara, Michael N. – 1986
This report describes the second and final phase of joint collaborative efforts undertaken by Southwest Virginia Community College and the Russell County School System to overcome the lack of a "critical mass" of students required to operate cost-effective programs for the gifted. First, background information on the program is provided,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Area Studies, College School Cooperation, Community Colleges
Carter, Elizabeth F. – 1989
This practicum attempted to increase parental understanding and acceptance of the process for referral, screening, testing, and selecting children for a gifted program in a northern Florida community; to improve the self-concept of children who were not found to be eligible; and to decrease the time spent by school personnel in resolving problems…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Bull, Kay Sather – 1987
Rural gifted programs should be developed by the consumers in rural communities and should focus on the needs and strengths of the community. The unique aspects of rural schools should be used to develop defensible community-based programs. General gifted education procedures, such as developing peer groups and psychologically secure environments,…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Support, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Harris, Noel V. – 1985
A resource teacher working at an elementary school located on a military reservation implemented an 8-week practicum intervention designed to improve the critical thinking skills of 16 third graders. A task force composed of resource and classroom teachers, a guidance counselor, a reading curriculum supervisor, a school psychologist, a principal,…
Descriptors: Aviation Education, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment
Sisk, Dorothy A. – 1990
This monograph presents activities and guidelines for developing leadership training programs for gifted and talented students. Three theories of leadership are discussed: trait theory which assumes that one is either born with leadership talent or one does not have it; leadership style theory in which the patterns of leadership are categorized as…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Bibliotherapy, Communication Skills, Educational Games
Hess, Karin K. – 1990
The New Jersey State Department of Education administers a Gifted Education Exemplary and Demonstration Grant Program in which successful applicants are awarded grant funds to enable them to prepare materials for dissemination to teachers of the gifted statewide. This document presents profiles of the 35 programs selected for 1987-88, 1988-89, and…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Gifted
Van Tassel-Baska, Joyce – 1986
Six policy issues emerging from a Midwest dissemination conference on the Richardson Study are highlighted. The focus is on facilitating policy initiatives in gifted education among local and state school districts. Policy statements on each of the following issues are cited: improving identification procedures; articulating goals, programs, and…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Wilde, Warren D.; Sillito, Melvin T. – 1986
One in a series of reports on a gifted program jointly formed by three school systems in Alberta, Canada, this document presents information about the gifted and talented program in the Calgary school system, the largest of the three districts. The program in Calgary consists of education assistance services, which help schools develop programs…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
In 1984-85, the New York City Public Schools received $2,374,686 from the state legislature to operate the School Community Education Program (also known as the Umbrella Program). The program consisted of 46 different projects designed to provide innovative solutions to local educational and school problems. Thirteen of these projects are…
Descriptors: Attendance, Career Counseling, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Anderson, Margaret A.; Kleinsasser, Audrey M. – 1986
A year-long study investigated the perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs of rural educators concerning gifted learners and their educational needs. Participants were all K-12 teachers (43) and administrators (3) in a single, rural southeastern Kansas school district serving 518 students. During the study, conducted in school year 1985, teachers…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Gifted
Ballard, Joseph, Ed.; And Others – 1982
The text presents six chapters on the legal and governmental bases of special education. In the Introduction, F. Weintraub and J. Ballard cite the legislative and litigative history of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, and briefly address information sources on such policy issues as procedural safeguards, underserved…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Disabilities, Due Process
Ramirez, Bruce A. – 1985
Reviewing enrollment trends in federal, public, and tribally controlled schools, this report examines progress in the education of American Indian handicapped children since the passage in 1975 of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The first section provides numbers of Indian handicapped and gifted and talented children receiving…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Congressional Research Service. – 1988
This report provides an overview of major differences between current law and the House and Senate versions of educational legislation (H.R. 5) expected to be considered early in the second session of the 100th Congress, as well as a side-by-side comparison of the current and proposed legislation. Program areas covered in both the overview and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Education, Bilingual Education, Block Grants
