Notes that many children in today's classrooms exhibit a variety of emotional and social difficulties, and discusses the use of bibliotherapy, an approach that uses literature as an effective way to remediate such difficulties. Explains emotional intelligence and how bibliotherapy can promote development of the socioemotional competence necessary…

Describes an intelligent Web-based construction project management system called VHBuild.com which integrates project management, knowledge management, and artificial intelligence technologies. Highlights include an information flow model; time-cost optimization based on genetic algorithms; rule-based drawing interpretation; and a case-based…

This article argues that the adoption of schoolwide enrichment options has resulted in the broadening of services to all children and a paucity of services for gifted children and that the theory of multiple intelligences has been used as a legitimate-sounding reason for administrators to dismiss gifted programs as superfluous. (Contains…

This Swedish study sought to evaluate a touch-screen computer-based (CB) test administration system in a hospital setting in comparison with paper-and-pencil administrative routine. Patients were given psychometric tests (involving depression, mood, and intelligence measurement) in both formats. Patient pleasantness, activation, and calmness were…

The nonpathological personality characteristics of 44 high IQ/high achieving high school students were assessed using the Personal Styles Inventory (PSI) and the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF). Results found that basic personality characteristics of the students did not differ remarkably from typical students and that the PSI…

Describes four open-ended activities for students in grades 4-12 designed to encourage thought, discussion, and decision making in classes dealing with issues in ethics and technology. Provides teacher directions, describes activities, and outlines debriefing sessions for lessons in copyright infringement, network security, artificial…

A Canadian study compared the rate of cognitive disabilities in 156 relatives of 49 individuals with autism to that found in 55 relatives of 18 individuals with mental retardation. No differences were found; however, female and low IQ individuals were found to have higher family histories of cognitive disabilities. (Author/CR)

Investigated the relation between infant expectations and reaction time (RT) at age 3 months, and Childhood IQ and RT at 4 years. Found that visual RT and manual RT in childhood correlated only marginally. Data suggested stability in RT between early infancy and childhood, or predictability of childhood IQ by infant RT and anticipation during…

Suggests that the development of good chemistry teaching and the pursuit of research have essentially the same structure. Similarities include the need for a clear focus, efficiency in time and effort, and a direction that is more often right than wrong. (DDR)

Explores how to use Gardner's Multiple Intelligence theory to help students' master multiplication. Focuses on helping children use their different intelligence strength to attain conceptual understanding of multiplication, develop their own thinking strategies for harder facts, and build mastery through practice and problem solving. (KHR)

Describes an activity in which students design credit cards and discover for themselves the mathematical realities of buying on credit. Employs multiple-intelligence theory to increase the chance that all students will be reached. (YDS)

This study explores the possibility that social support among adolescents explains the relationship between emotional competence and help seeking. Results reveal that adolescents who were low in emotional awareness, and who were poor at identifying, describing, and managing their emotions, were the least likely to seek help from nonprofessional…

Focuses on the issue of intelligence testing within Scotland during the 1920's and 1930's. Addresses the reasons why Scotland delayed the use of intelligence tests for selection for secondary education, even though the conditions seemed to have been ideal for the adoption of intelligence testing. (CMK)

Discussion of changing views in the education of gifted students identifies five dimensions of change: (1) changing views of the concept of intelligence, (2) changing views on who is gifted, (3) differentiation of curriculum for gifted students, (4) the competing values of equity and excellence in American education, and (5) the new easy access to…

Results from a study of 71 preservice teachers indicate that the more incremental the students' conceptions of intelligence, the more likely they were to (1) prefer using a variety of teaching methods; (2) possess better study skills; and (3) have nondualistic thinking about the nature of knowledge. (IAH)