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Download full textAssael, Daniel, Ed.; And Others – Emphasis, 1982
Seven issues of the newsletter/journal from the Technical Assistance Development System (TADS) address a vareity of topics related to special education for young handicapped children. Among articles included are a description of a rural workshop sponsored by an affiliate of the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP), electronics…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Federal Programs
Obermiller, Phillip J.; Maloney, Michael E. – Urban Appalachian Advocate, 1990
In 1980 and 1989 the Greater Cincinnati Survey identified first- and second-generation urban Appalachians, finding that they comprised 20-25% of the population of Hamilton County (Ohio). As migration from Appalachia has slowed, this group has aged relative to the rest of the population. Compared to blacks and non-Appalachian whites, urban…
Descriptors: Cultural Traits, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Identification (Psychology)
Chronicle and Academic Precocity, 1983
This document combines all 1983 issues of a newsletter that focuses on issues of giftedness and talent. Among the major articles are discussions of the talent search conducted at five universities across the country; personal counseling approaches; the transition from high school to college; comparisons among Japanese, Soviet, and U.S. schools;…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Colleges, Counseling Techniques, Early Admission
Howe, Clifford E.; Keele, Larry X. – Executive Review, 1982
In Iowa the number of handicapped school students is increasing even as total enrollments decline, probably because slow learners are being reclassified as "mildly handicapped" to make them eligible for special education funds and programs. As a result there may soon be more handicapped students than the state can afford. To avoid this,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Government School Relationship
Gubbins, E. Jean, Ed.; Siegle, Del L., Ed. – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) Newsletter, 1997
These 15 newsletters from the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) contain the following articles: (1) "National Research Needs Assessment Process" (Brian D. Reid); (2) "NRC/GT: Update of Year 2 Activities" (E. Jean Gubbins); (3) "Parents: Their Impact on Gifted Adolescents" (Julie L. Sherman);…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Black Students, Curriculum, Educational Practices
Kaye, H. Stephen – Disability Statistics Abstract, 1997
This abstract uses graphs and text to summarize recent statistics on the education of children with disabilities based on data from the U.S. Department of Education. It reports that 12.2 percent of students enrolled in American schools in 1993-94 were officially designated as having disabilities. More than two-thirds of students have mental or…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
Smutny, Joan Franklin, Ed. – Illinois Association for Gifted Children Journal, 2002
This issue of the Illinois Association for Gifted Children (IAGC) Journal focuses on creativity. Featured articles include: (1) "Creativity: What Is It? and What Does It Look Like" (Sally Y. Walker); (2) "What Is Creativity?" (Debbie Cho); (3) "Creativity and Underachievement" (Sylvia Rimm); (4) "Stacy Hayden:…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Creative Activities, Creative Writing, Creativity
Miller, Phyllis, Ed. – Mensa Research Journal, 2000
This issue of a research journal on gifted education explores issues surrounding gifted children who also have learning disabilities. Specific articles include: (1) "Notes, Quotes, and Anecdotes" (Francis Cartier); (2) "Gifted Children with Learning Disabilities: A Review of the Issues" (Linda E. Brody and Carol J. Mills), which examines current…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Involvement
Peer reviewedSpearritt, Donald – International Journal of Educational Research, 1996
The model of cognitive ability proposed by John B. Carroll is described and its implications for education traced. The Carroll model is unique in that it is based on datasets reanalyzed by standard procedures. The variables and factors established through factoring were used to construct the three-stratum Carroll model. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
Lewis, Linda – Liaison Bulletin, 1991
This bulletin edition provides a side-by-side comparison of: (1) statutory provisions of Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as modified by the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1990 (Public Law 101-476); (2) the U.S. Department of Education's explanation for regulatory changes proposed to implement the…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disabilities, Due Process, Educational Legislation
Miller, Phyllis, Ed. – Mensa Research Journal, 2002
This journal issue presents four major articles on cultural diversity issues in the education of gifted students. The first article is "An Alternative Approach to the Identification of Gifted Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners" by Carol S. Lidz and Sheila L. Macrine. It evaluates a dynamic assessment approach to…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Style, Comparative Education, Creativity
Pappas, Georgia – LARASA/Report, 1995
Racism, discrimination, and prejudice are typically viewed from the perspective of the disadvantaged ethnic minority, but another approach is to address the advantages of whites. There is one culture that is usually invisible to whites, and that is "whiteness." To grow up white is to be the focal point from which others differ. Whites…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cultural Awareness, Disadvantaged Youth, Equal Education
Silverman, Linda Kreger, Ed. – Understanding Our Gifted, 1993
The six issues of this newsletter have the following themes: (1) home schooling, (2) promising practices, (3) parent advocacy, (4) the young gifted child, (5) "being out of sync," and (6) philosophy of giftedness. Major articles include the following: "Homeschooling for Gifted Primary Students" (Patricia Linehan); "Learning to Fly: A Home…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Acceleration (Education), Child Advocacy, Child Rearing
Rodriguez, Rachel; And Others – Migrant Health Newsline, 1993
This newsletter supplement is devoted to the theme of domestic violence affecting migrant women. It contains four articles describing programs providing violence prevention education to migrant women and children. "Family Violence and Migrant Women: Implications for Practice" (Rachel Rodriguez) discusses the social isolation of migrant women;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Battered Women, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Violence
Rogler, Lloyd H.; And Others – Hispanic Research Center: Research Bulletin, 1980
This journal issue is a collection of papers describing research on Hispanic families conducted at the Hispanic Research Center, Fordham University, New York. The first article, "Research Issues concerning the Puerto Rican Child and Family," by Lloyd H. Rogler, reviews two research projects on health conditions and the plight of Puerto Rican…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Birth Rate, Ethnicity, Family (Sociological Unit)
