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)…

Report stresses the need for enrichment programs for gifted children, so they can remain in ordinary classes yet still be given headroom to develop particular talents. (Author)

A questionnaire designed to discover how creativity is developed, was sent to selected elementary school age poets, their teachers, and parents. Responses to the questionnaire are discussed. (ST)

Article describes a program designed by the Delaware Opportunities Industrialization Center for returning Vietnam veterans searching for an education. (RK)

The U.S. Commissioner of Education describes the responsibilities, activities, and plans of the government for the education of the academically above average. (Editor)

Presents the career-related perceptions of 648 adults identified as talented high school students. The follow up assessment showed that more than a quarter had felt unprepared to make career decisions after high school, although a majority felt they had lived up to their abilities. (JAC)

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)

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)

The requirements for gifted education programs in the visual and performing arts are discussed, stressing the need for comprehensive assessment of aptitude, achievement, and attitudes of gifted students. The unique nature of learning activities and inservice programs for teachers in the arts are considered. (CM)

A global futures program offers credit classes, pull-out classes, and seminars that focus on global issues and problem solving techniques for gifted and talented students (grades 5-12). The curriculum applies the methods of futurists to course content. Independent study projects are required of all students. (CL)

Parents of gifted children must deal with their children's confusion and frustration at being advanced in some areas but not others. To be advocates for their children, parents must provide support for them and help school staff understand their educational and psychological needs. (CL)

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)

This article is designed to encourage closer scrutiny of variables affecting career development processes of the talented. Discusses characteristics of gifted and talented and their career development needs. It stresses that career education interventions for gifted and talented students should be consonant with their personal abilities and…