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…

Metaphors, whether universal (ones which apply to common feelings, thoughts, and behaviors) or prescriptive (ones constructed specifically for an individual child) may be used with gifted children in a three-phase process: identification, projection, and insight and integration. (CL)

Eleven specific suggestions for American advocates of the gifted and talented to follow, based on the Japanese way of handling such matters, are offered, including the provision of creative materials for young children and their parents and training in group and team creativity. (Author/DLS)

A cemetery unit offers opportunities for gifted students to use higher-level thinking skills as well as creativity. Activities are suggested for three phases of the unit: introductory, developmental, and culminating. (CL)

Components of a checklist for evaluating books for gifted children include critical and developmental skills (vocabulary, critical reading skills, story content); creativity (opportunity for imagination, potential for creative follow-up); comprehension; and application (role models, interest, and relevance). (CL)

Twenty activities which develop gifted children's creativity; power of reasoning; and ability to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate are listed. (DB)

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)

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)

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

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

The article discusses fostering creativity in young children through encouragement and training, both at home and at school, and presents parents and teachers with 10 examples of activities designed to stimulate creative thinking in gifted and talented children. (DLS)

"Creating a superhero", a minicourse for gifted elementary children, is described. (CL)

Reading activities for gifted students are discussed. (CL)

The article presents six classroom activities designed to foster the cognitive and affective growth of gifted, creative, and talented primary grade students. (DLS)