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MERRIHEW, JAMES L. – 1963
IDENTIFICATION OF MENTALLY GIFTED STUDENTS WAS BASED ON A SCORE OF 130 OR ABOVE ON THE REVISED STANFORD-BINET SCALE, A SCORE AT OR ABOVE THE 98TH PERCENTILE ON A GROUP TEST OF MENTAL ABILITY AND ON A STANDARDIZED TEST OF READING OR MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT, AND THE JUDGMENTS OF TEACHERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS. GIFTED CHILDREN…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Gifted
MATHISEN, JAMES D.; SMALTZ, JANET M. – 1961
SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE FOR EVALUATION AND FOR MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF THE FACILITIES OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL IN PROVIDING BETTER THAN AVERAGE STUDENTS WITH CHALLENGING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. THE TERM GIFTED DESCRIBES THE STUDENT WHO IS SUPERIOR IN EITHER INTELLECT, TALENT, SKILLFULNESS, OR LEADERSHIP ABILITY. EACH OF THE TYPES OF GIFTEDNESS HAS…
Descriptors: Consultants, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives
SHAYCOFT, MARION F.; AND OTHERS – 1963
A SAMPLE OF 15-YEAR-OLDS WAS LOCATED AND TESTED AS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF PROJECT TALENT, A NATIONAL INVENTORY OF APTITUDES AND ABILITIES OF HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH. A PROBABILITY SAMPLE OF ALL 15-YEAR-OLDS IN THE UNITED STATES WAS ESTABLISHED, CONSISTING OF 4 1/2 PERCENT OF ALL SUBJECTS IN GRADES 9 THROUGH 12 AND LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT OF ALL…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement, Adolescents, Age Groups
Wilks, Lynda; Thompson, Pat – 1976
Two issues were investigated: (1) Are parents able to recognize creativity in their children? and (2) Are teachers able to recognize creativity in their pupils? Subjects were 68 elementary school children, their parents, and teachers. The children attended 22 schools, grades 1-4. Creativity was assessed by the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Creativity Tests, Elementary Education
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Div. of Program Development. – 1978
The report provides guidelines for gifted and talented programs in the state of Kentucky. After a brief statement of the philosophy, the definition of gifted/talented children is given. The identification process is described for children in academic areas and visual and performing arts areas. It is explained that the selection process involves…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Creativity, Definitions, Educational Diagnosis
Download full textHeist, Paul, Ed. – 1967
The paucity of meaningful academic experiences for potentially or highly creative individuals prompted researchers and performing artists to meet and discuss the implications for creative opportunities in higher education. A truly creative person is thought to be independent, innovative, flexible, with a highly developed sense of the theoretical…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Creative Development, Creative Expression, Creativity
Fearn, Leif – 1978
In order to collect a thesaurus of gifted descriptors and to develop variables and item clusters appropriate for use in impact research, 847 people (404 elementary and 242 secondary school students identified as gifted, 91 elementary and 62 secondary teachers of the gifted, and 73 parents of gifted children) were interviewed. The three major…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Data Analysis, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education
Kelsey, John W.; Dobson, William R. – 1977
A review of current procedures for selecting students for graduate programs in psychology reveals a number of problems due to predictor, criterion, and methodological variables. The idea is advanced that with the multiplicity of procedures used, plus the number of students applying to graduate programs in psychology, the effort on the part of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Competitive Selection, Evaluation Criteria, Graduate Students
Yakima School District Number 7, WA. – 1977
The document is designed to provide the teacher of the gifted and talented child with an overview and operational procedure to facilitate the use of future-aimed learning activities for developing leadership capabilities in students. Initial sections cover elements of the future-aimed curriculum mode, definitions of terms, and descriptions of…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education
Lierheimer, Alvin P. – 1976
A two-year study was undertaken of the contraction in the traditional career market for individuals with advanced training in the humanities. The focus was on how, in new circumstances, gifted people trained in humanities disciplines can best contribute to society. Employment of these individuals outside the education sector is a relatively new…
Descriptors: Administration, Career Choice, Career Opportunities, Degrees (Academic)
Clifford, Thomas – 1972
Designed for use by teachers of mentally gifted children, this book is one of a group of curriculum materials prepared by the California State Department of Education for a project on the mentally gifted. The contents of this book on literature are divided into four chapters, each of which deals with some aspect of literature instruction in…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Gifted
Council for Exceptional Children, Arlington, VA. – 1969
Articles included in the collection of convention papers discuss a creativity score from the Stanford Binet and its applications, performance based instruction, methods for maximizing the development of talent among the urban disadvantaged, and talent potential among the disadvantaged. Abstracts of papers are provided on the following topics:…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Conference Reports, Creativity, Disadvantaged Youth
Stanford Univ., CA. – 1968
This report, the fourth in a series of ten, was prepared by the Steering Committee, the Study of Education at Stanford. The series, based on the concept that education should be a continuous process of discovery throughout life, sets forth recommendations for strengthening the academic enterprise at Stanford University. This booklet presents 5…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Bound Students, College Choice, Competitive Selection
Munday, L. A.; Davis, J. C. – 1974
Recent studies show high school nonacademic accomplishments to be independent of academic talent and to be related to similar kinds of college nonacademic accomplishments. College grades, however, have not been shown to be related to later-life accomplishments. The research reported here focuses on the accomplishments of young adults two years…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Graduates, Creative Activities, Higher Education
Osborn, Wendell L. – 1966
This study proposes to explore characteristics not usually considered musical, and yet which might combine in persons in such a way that results may lead to a clearer understanding and more accurate measurement and prediction of musical talent. Two hypotheses were tested: (1) Musical talent can be predicted by means of a selected set of variables…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Behavioral Science Research, Hypothesis Testing, Measurement Techniques
