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District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1984
The Secondary Student Progress Plan aims to provide uniform educational expectations for successful course completion and progress toward graduation beginning with grade 7 in school year 1984-85. Arranged in outline form, the plan shows the course of study for grades 7-12, guidelines for evaluating and reporting student progress, promotion…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Criteria, Curriculum Design, Disabilities
Leonard, Judith E., Ed. – 1977
Described are activities of the first 2 years of the Chapel Hill Gifted-Handicapped Project, a demonstration program to identify gifted-handicapped and gifted-disadvantaged children (3 to 6 years old) and provide them with a preschool program of enrichment activities and therapy and remediation in developmental areas. Sections address the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Curriculum Design, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Pandya, Himanshu S.; Curtis, Samuel M. – 1980
Gifted students have been enrolling in high school vocational agriculture courses in increasing numbers in recent years, according to a mailed survey of 100 randomly selected schools in 10 randomly selected states, plus Pennsylvania. During the 1974-80 time period, enrollment of identified gifted students in the surveyed vocational agriculture…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Agricultural Education, Career Awareness, Curriculum
DeLong, Thomas J. – 1981
Created by Dr. Edgar Schein of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the career anchor model suggests that certain motivational/talent/value drives, formed through work experience, function to guide and constrain entire careers; and that such anchors are the source of stability that permits growth and change in other areas. The concept…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Career Choice, Career Development, Competence
Campbell-Thrane, Lucille, Comp. – 1979
This directory identifies key agencies and organizations that provide guidance and assistance to anyone who works with the special needs learner. The offices and establishments described in the directory represent the numerous organizations and agencies responsive to the academic and vocational requirements of the following special needs…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, American Indians, Asian Americans, Bilingual Students
HORN, R.A. – 1963
MATERIALS FOR BOTH ENRICHED AND ACCELERATED MATHEMATICS COURSES ARE GIVEN. THE PRESENTATION OF THE MATERIALS IS INTENDED FOR EASY ADAPTATION OF MODIFICATION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MOST MATHEMATICS CLASSES. SUGGESTIONS AND SUPPLEMENTARY REFERENCES IN EACH UNIT ARE OFFERED AS AIDS TO THE MATHEMATICS TEACHER IN REGULAR OR ACCELERATED CLASS. UNITS…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration, Advanced Students, Audiovisual Aids
Southern Education Reporting Service, Nashville, TN. – 1968
In this issue two of the articles are devoted to criticisms of compensatory education as an educational approach. Doxey A. Wilkerson feels that "make up" efforts "do not serve to realize that academic potential" of poverty children. Roger A. Freeman states that the recent enormous economic investment in educational improvement…
Descriptors: Black Students, Bus Transportation, College Preparation, Compensatory Education
Abellera, James W.; And Others – 1975
The study outlines the development of a methodology for meaningfully estimating the value of classification information used by the Air Force to make selection and job assignment decisions which lead to the satisfaction of first-term enlisted manpower requirements. The methodology, called the optimal allocation strategy, is employed to solve a…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Enlisted Personnel, Entry Workers, Information Theory
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC. Commission on Science Education. – 1968
The purpose of the symposium was to bring to the attention of the scientist, the industrialist, and the educator some of the critical problems facing the implementation of program offerings for technicians. Presentations were "The Science, and Mathematics Base of A Technical Curriculum" by Maurice W. Roney, "Science-Based Technical Education in…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Curriculum, Industry, Labor Utilization
Vassar, William G., Ed. – 1976
Intended for school district personnel, the series of 11 articles by professionals in the field is noted to be helpful in designing and developing programs and services for gifted and talented students. Entries are included with the following titles and authors: "Identifying Key Features in Programs for the Gifted" (J. Renzulli);…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bibliographies, Conceptual Schemes, Delivery Systems
Mend, Mary Gonzales, Ed. – 1975
In the winter of 1973, 30 Spanish-speaking educators representing communities throughout the nation, school districts, higher education institutions, and professional organizations held a working conference which focused on educational leadership development. Discussion centered on requisite skills and the preparation and utilization of personnel…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Administrator Education, Change Agents, Community Involvement
Myers, Carol S. – Camping Magazine, 1987
A study of 74 female campers aged 10-13, primarily from middle to upper income families, determined if creativity of campers changed during a seven-week residential summer camp. Findings indicated camp environment and counselor abilities nurtured creativity. Ten ways camp directors can establish a camping environment to support creative growth…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Camping, Child Development, Counselor Characteristics
Johnsen, S., Ed. – National Association for Gifted Children (NJ3), 2004
This user-friendly guide offers advice and insight on developing defensible identification procedures and services for gifted and talented students. Special attention is given to the use of multiple methods including qualitative and quantitative assessments such as standardized measures (e.g. intelligence, aptitude, and achievement tests),…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Talent Identification, Student Characteristics, Models
Ramirez-Smith, Christina – 1997
This paper discusses the characteristics of children who are gifted and have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Seven principles to reach and teach gifted learners with ADHD are recommended: (1) remembering that these learners have needs just like other children in their age groups; (2) having realistic expectations in helping these…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Cooperative Learning, Disability Identification
Beck, Joan – 1999
This book for parents reports new research on the growth of children's intelligence during the first 6 years of life and translates this research from scientific journals, professional symposiums, and experimental laboratories into a form useful to those who live and work with small children daily. The book provides information and simple…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Brain, Child Development
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