This investigation was to explore perceptions of students who participated in the Cultivating Diverse Talents in STEM project in an R1 university through (a) university-based summer internship program, (b) subsequent school-year research internships, and (c) successive summer workshops or internships. Thirteen high school juniors from diverse…

The article describes an international conference comprised of 180 gifted schoolchildren who participated in groups of four at three grade-level divisions (4 to 6, 7 to 9, and 10 to 12). The program which sponsored the conference was created in 1975 and focuses on future problem solving. (PHR)

To keep the state educational system attuned to technological activities and to be relevant to basic skills learning, a Technology for Children Program (T4C) was created by the New Jersey Department of Education. T4C provides K-6 students with experience in problem solving and inventiveness. (CM)

The programs presented in this catalogue have been evaluated as substantially meeting the objective of finding solutions to educational problems. Each program was developed and disseminated by funding from Title III monies and offers a demonstration site for New Jersey educators and laymen. Staffs involved in 11 different programs offer…

This paper examines cognitive capacities and dispositional characteristics that contribute to creative problem solving, including relationship generation skills, expertise, adaptability, and wisdom. The paper argues that programs for gifted and talented students should develop the beliefs, values, and motives that will encourage students to apply…

Highlights dynamic assessment, an approach to assessing cognitive ability in which students are instructed on how to perform on certain tasks and measured on their progress in learning to solve similar problems. It describes how dynamic assessment can be used for identifying disadvantaged students for specialized enrichment programs. (CR)

This book is a compilation of papers prepared for a 1975 conference on the delivery of special education services. Because conference participants were from states where problems of distance and low population density complicate the delivery of special education programs, a multifaceted approach was used to address these two critical problems. The…

The 1983-84 Motivate and Stimulate for Excellence (MASE) Project in 10 Dade County, Florida, elementary schools was funded under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, Chapter II. It was designed to provide academically above average students with enrichment activities to enhance their critical thinking and problem solving skills through…

The differential effects of two different types of problem-solving training on the problem-solving abilities of gifted fourth graders were studied. Two successive classes of gifted fourth graders from Weslaco Independent School District (Texas) were pretested with the Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM) and Thinking Creatively With Pictures…

The history of divergent-thinking tests suggests that new approaches to creativity testing are needed. Research has focused on the relation of creativity to insight, divergent problem solving, problem finding, and intelligence. A proposed situational model of creativity defines creativity as a meaningful response to open-problem, open-solution…

Intended for administrators, the handbook provides an overview to Project SOCRATES, a program for academically gifted fourth and fifth graders designed to expand academic capabilities for problem solving, creative thinking, evaluation, leadership, and the ability to adjust to change. Sections address the following areas: statement of philosophy;…

These two newsletters from the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) contain the following articles: (1) "NRC/GT: Professional Development--Not an Event" (E. Jean Gubbins), discusses NRC/GT research-based principles related to professional development and the importance of ongoing professional development; (2)…