This article presents the concept of creative potential and its link to talent. Psychological measures to assess creative potential in children and adolescents (EPoC) and adults (Creative Profiler) are then described. Implications for developing creativity are proposed.

The article describes replies to a questionnaire by recipients of the MacArthur Fellows Program, an award given to individuals with uncommon abilities across a wide spectrum of creative pursuits. Replies touch on school and family backgrounds, acceleration, importance of grades, recognition of achievement, extracurricular activities, and…

The author reviews experiences in gifted education and discusses the background and implications of the multiple talent theory. He recommends increased future emphasis on creative talents and leadership talents. (CL)

Approaches to working with learning disabled students who are also gifted, talented, or creative are illustrated in the example of a secondary student with special abilities in photography. Several of his photographs and accompanying narratives are included. (CL)

Creative arts programing for gifted and talented elementary students has incorporated academics (ecology, mathematics, history, genealogy, computer science, and independent research) into activities such as puppetry, creative drama, storytelling, dance, music, pottery, and poetry. The arts classes have been popular with students, parents,…

The author describes activities of a weekly enrichment class providing right-brain tasks to gifted elementary students. Activities, which centered on artistic creativity, were taken from "Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain" by B. Edwards. (CL)

The Governor's School of North Carolina (West) offers a six-week summer program designed to develop creativity in gifted high school students. (SBH)

The multiple talent approach to learning features a double curriculum in which talents and knowledge are both stressed. Program efforts and research are cited to suggest the importance of incorporating such an approach into gifted and talented programing. (CL)

Briefly described is "The Art of Successful Inventing," a program which teaches gifted children to invent a step by step methodological fashion. (DB)

A teacher at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (District of Columbia) discusses the process of creating, rehearsing, and producing a play using sign language as an expressive and artistic tool. The importance of performing often enough to achieve the euphoria of mastery is stressed. (DB)

A multimethod model of educating gifted and talented students was based on graduate students' study of 14 eminent self actualized individuals. Common environmental elements of these individuals were found in parent background, birth order, relationship with family, education, task commitment, personality traits, and interests. The model was…

The article describes goals and operations of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, a public high school and career training program for students talented in theater, creative writing, music, dance, and visual arts. Also discussed are results of a survey of student perceptions of the impact of the program on various aspects of their lives.…

Three issues (1984-85) of the newsletter address issues related to gifted and talented education. Articles include a review of counseling aspects, a summary of a meta-analysis of educational acceleration, a report of a summer program for gifted and talented students by a participant, discussions of master teacher qualities, an examination of the…

This monograph presents abstracts of 32 papers on the development of general versus specific abilities and their relationship to diversity in gifted and talented students. Sample topics include: creative development at the college level; cultural and linguistic differences in gifted children; Project High Hopes, a program for gifted students with…

The booklet explains the features of the STAGE Program (System for Talent and Gifted Education) in Trinity County, California. The STAGE scope and sequence includes competencies for gifted students in grades K through 12 with a focus on developing thinking skills, creativity, productivity, and communication skills. Competencies are briefly…