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Weaver, Delores; And Others – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1993
A program was implemented in the Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) Public Schools to provide screening, identification, and programming for primary-level gifted students from culturally diverse and economically disadvantaged populations. The program's objectives include field testing recommended practices, developing appropriate identification procedures,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Methods, Gifted Disadvantaged
Bitter, John – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
A program at Alabama State University seeks to stimulate the interest of academically gifted minority juniors and seniors in biomedical sciences and health professions. Selected students carry out research under the direction of university faculty members, in such areas as salmonella contamination in chicken and acid content in rainwater. (JDD)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Admission Criteria, Biomedicine, College Programs
Landgren, C. R. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
SCIENS is a Middlebury College (Vermont) program designed to excite minority student interest in the natural sciences and to provide students with training and research experiences. The program, encompassing three summers, involves core instruction for high-potential 11th-grade students, summer research in college laboratories, and internships in…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Programs, High Schools, Internship Programs
Lupkowski, Ann E.; And Others – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1992
The Summer Mathematics Enrichment for Minority Students program was piloted during 1990 by the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas. The program provided 19 mathematically talented minority junior high students with rigorous academic instruction, role models, on-campus residence, and social/recreational…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Demonstration Programs, Enrichment Activities, Junior High School Students
Coleman, Mary Ruth; Gallagher, James J. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1992
A national survey examined state policies for identification of gifted students who are culturally different, economically disadvantaged, disabled, or in some way at risk. Progress was found in the areas of greater public awareness, screening procedures, formal identification processes, and program initiatives. A sidebar describes the Jacob K.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, At Risk Persons, Cultural Differences, Disabilities
Mullins, Dail W. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
The Research Apprenticeship Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham stimulates interest in science and engineering careers among bright, highly motivated minority students, by establishing working relationships between high-school juniors and seniors and university research scientists. Discussed are selection procedures, types of…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Admission Criteria, Apprenticeships, Career Exploration
