In a study involving 59 gifted fifth- and sixth-grade students, Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices test was a more significant predictor of intelligence than Meeker's Structure of Intellect screening form for gifted. The use of either measure in screening or identification was questioned. (CL)

The author offers guidelines for implementing an elementary school gifted visual arts program. One strategy--a station learning experience--is described, the benefits of a yearly art exhibition or art celebration are pointed out, and characteristics of the successful art teacher are mentioned. (SB)

No one program can meet the needs of gifted and talented students with diverse cultural influences, learning styles, developmental stages, and creative requirements. (CL)

Reading for primary level gifted children should provide for more appropriate experiences than by mere adaptations of the regular reading program. Early identification should be followed by small group instruction in which gifted students are encouraged to read widely, creatively, and critically. (CL)

A study involving 233 junior and senior high school students pointed out the advantages of using conceptual level (CL) to identify gifted students (such as ease of administration and congruence with goals of gifted programs). CL was able to accurately differentiate students currently identified as gifted and nongifted. (CL)

Purdue University utilizes the model in the Super Saturday Program, in which art enrichment activities are provided for fifth- through ninth-graders from 14 surrounding counties. (SW)

The authors consider essential factors in the cultivation of gifts and talents exhibited by students in the regular classroom. (SW)

The authors offer examples of situations that can be used to allow for the display of traits often associated with the gifted. (SW)

Creative problem solving (CPS) can be an effective tool in teaching gifted, creative, and talented students. One approach to CPS consists of five steps: fact finding, problem finding, idea finding, solution finding, and acceptance finding. Process techniques for each step are delineated. (CL)

Moving from a school system to an educational system requires collaboration among community agencies and individuals to serve the needs of students, including gifted and talented students. (CL)

The Talent Identification Program at Duke University has expanded from a 13- to a 16-state area and has offered courses for junior high students identified as gifted in mathematics, humanities, and the social sciences. (CL)

Describes the Advanced Drawing Studio for talented students at the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, NY. The program's purpose is to improve students' drawing skills and increase their ability to look at and appreciate abstract art. (AM)

The combination of programed instruction and feedback had a positive impact on four resource teachers working with gifted students (Grades 5 through 7) in a rural area of North Carolina, where education for gifted and talented students is mandated. (CL)

Briefly defines six gifted and talented areas, to make the point that academic talent is not the only form of giftedness. Lists some exemplary educational strategies for the psychosocially, underachieving, and culturally different gifted. (SJL)

One hundred thirty participants of a 1965 study were reevaluated for creative thinking. Results revealed that in the areas of art, writing, science, and generality of achievement, the creative group established in 1965 accomplished significantly more than the noncreatives over the 10-year period. (CL)