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House, Peggy A. – 1978
Fifty-seven outstanding students, grades seven to nine, entered the first or second year of the Minnesota Talented Youth Mathematics Project. First year students earned credit for two years of high school algebra in one year; second year students earned high school credit for either transformational or traditional geometry and trigonometry.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration, Achievement Gains, Junior High Schools
Download full textMiller, Arden; And Others – 1985
A consortium of Elliott , Rowan, and Morgan Counties (Kentucky) received a grant from the Kentucky Department of Education to demonstrate methods by which existing and future gifted and talented programs may be evaluated. A Multiattribute Utility Model was adopted, because the model avoids the pitfalls of an experimental method while providing…
Descriptors: County Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Dunbar, Donald A.; Salazar, Irene M. – 1985
The Gifted and Talented Program (GAT) of the Mellon Junior High School, Mt. Lebanon School District, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was evaluated in 1985. Questionnaires were sent to 139 parents and 50 academic teachers. In addition, 9 teachers, 4 administrators, and 12 parents were interviewed. Responses were summarized in detail regarding 14 topics,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Assessment, Individualized Education Programs
House, Peggy A. – 1977
The Minnesota Talented Youth Mathematics Project (MTYMP) aimed to accelerate the mathematics learning of extremely talented junior high school pupils in special fast-paced classes outside of the regular school program. During the 1976-77 school year, 65 pupils from Duluth, St. Paul, and Minneapolis, Minnesota earned credit in Algebra I and II.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Acceleration
Highline Public Schools, Seattle, WA. – 1976
The Highline School District (Washington) developed and implemented a special one-year career education project for gifted and talented elementary school students based on three objectives: (1) increased perception of internal control among participating students; (2) increased knowledge of data-people-things categories; and (3) increased career…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Awareness, Career Education, Decision Making Skills
