A preventive program in the area of identity formation, offered in the form of two-credit academic courses, is presented. A theoretical framework, based on the work of Marcia and his collaborators, delineates four identity "statuses" based on whether the individual has considered various alternatives and then made a commitment to a particular…

DIRECTED TOWARD PARENTS, EDUCATORS, AND OTHERS, THE BIBLIOGRAPHY AIMS TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR TALENTED YOUTH. ITS DIVISIONS INCLUDE BASIC REFERENCES, ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAMS FOR THE GIFTED, IDENTIFICATION OF THE GIFTED, LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE GIFTED, THE LEARNING PROCESS, MATHEMATICS EDUCATION FOR THE GIFTED, MODERN…

METHODS OF MEASUREMENT AND A SUITABLE CURRICULUM WERE DEVELOPED AND ASSESSED FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN GIFTED IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING RESPECTS--SPACE CONCEPTUALIZATION, VOCABULARY, NUMBER ABILITY, LOGICAL REASONING, AND SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION. EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS WERE ESTABLISHED OVER A 2-YEAR PERIOD. EVALUATION OF SOCIAL…

THIS STUDY OF THE LITERATURE HAS AS ITS MAIN PURPOSE THE PUBLICATION OF A FUNCTIONAL TEACHING GUIDE FOR TEACHERS WITH EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED (EMH) STUDENTS IN REGULAR CLASSROOMS. THE GUIDE IS ORGANIZED AROUND A SERIES OF QUESTIONS--(1) WHO ARE THE EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, (2) HOW CAN THEY BE IDENTIFIED AND EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES…

FOUR VISION SCREENING METHODS WERE STUDIED DURING THE 1966-67 SCHOOL YEAR IN FOUR SELECTED SCHOOLS WITHIN A FOUR COUNTY AREA IN IOWA. SCREENING METHODS STUDIED WERE (1) SNELLEN CHART FOR DISTANCE VISION, (2) SNELLEN CHART FOR DISTANCE PLUS THE READING CARD-SNELLEN RATING FOR NEAR-POINT TESTING, (3) KEYSTONE VISUAL SURVEY TESTS, AND (4) T/O SCHOOL…

IDENTIFICATION OF PRODUCTIVE THOUGHT PROCESSES IN INTELLECTUALLY GIFTED CHILDREN WAS BROUGHT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CLASSROOM VERBAL ACTIVITY AT THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THESE THOUGHT PROCESSES AND CERTAIN VARIABLES THAT MAY AFFECT THEIR OPERATION IN THE CLASSROOM WERE ASSESSED. AREAS EXPLORED WERE COGNITIVE STRUCTURE AND…

The Regents Competency Testing Program has been designed to assure that all students develop adequate skills in reading comprehension, writing, and mathematics before graduation from high school in New York. This bulletin provides information on two of the program's three basic elements that contribute to the accomplishment of this goal. First,…

A total of 29 teachers and 227 elementary school students participated in a study that examined teachers' judgments of their students' reading preferences as indicated by book selections. Children were asked to choose books they would like to read from a list of book descriptions. Teachers were then asked to predict their selections. Results…

The policy statements and options contained in the guide are designed to assist state, Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribal or Indian community controlled and cooperative local education units in developing special education administrative policies and procedures for the education of Indian and Alaskan native exceptional students. The guide is divided…

The document contains the final report of a model project to provide a therapeutically based educational program for severely handicapped, orthopedically impaired children (6 to 21 years old) utilizing the skills of teachers, aides, therapists, and a nurse to provide individualized hands on services. Section I contains an overview of the…

The guidelines discuss the role of the New York Board of Education in the education of children with handicapping conditions. Specific sections address roles regarding relationship to the Committee on the Handicapped, identification of children needing special education, development of individualized education programs, assurance of…

In the context of school learning, students form perceptions of their capabilities. Future task engagement and skill development opportunities are influenced by the ability to match perceptions to actual skill levels. Accurate self appraisals can evolve from methods that involve: 1) goal setting, 2) subtasks, 3) corrective modeling, 4) achievement…

The paper focuses on trends in the areas of emotional disabilities (ED) related to identification, programming considerations, and general delivery issues. An increase in the number of children identified as ED has affected the need for more programs and personnel for this group and on public awareness of the disability. Other trends are the use…

This dissertation examined characteristics of educationally high risk and high potential children from kindergarten through first grade. It was designed to determine prospectively the validity of behaviorally based instruments administered during kindergarten for predicting pupils' first grade achievement. Subjects, 94 boys and 91 girls, were…

The usefulness of concepts gleaned from identification theory was explored in an analysis of questionnaires from students in urban high schools in 1966. An "identificatory sequence" consisting of identificatory process and identificatory motive, and culminating in value similarity between child and parent, was proposed. This sequence was linked,…