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Download full textCannon, Michael, Ed. – Tempo, 1999
This document consists of the four issues of "Tempo," the newsletter of the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT), published during 1999. Each issue focuses on a specific theme, including distinguished achievement programs, Hispanic issues in gifted education, creativity, and gifted children in the new millennium. Articles…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Creativity, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
Grossen, Bonnie – 1996
This paper addresses issues in the relationship of instructional grouping to both educational excellence and equity. First, equity issues are considered in light of two court cases: Hobson v. Hansen and Marshall v. Georgia which, together, offer guidelines for equitable ability grouping. Next, the research on the effects of grouping arrangements…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Court Litigation, Educational Principles
Walker, Sally Yahnke – 2002
Noting the unique skills required of parents with gifted/talented children, this book serves as a "portable support service" for parents who are faced with the overwhelming task of understanding and nurturing their gifted children. The guide describes the history and current models of gifted education, characteristics and needs of gifted children,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Check Lists, Child Advocacy, Child Rearing
Peer reviewedLynch, Sharon J.; Mills, Carol J. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1993
The Skills Reinforcement Project was designed to increase basic mathematics and language arts skills of disadvantaged and minority youth. Forty-five minority and economically disadvantaged sixth graders who participated in a 110-hour program made statistically greater gains in mathematics than 45 comparison sixth graders and nonsignificant gains…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis
PDF pending restorationFord, Donna Y. – 1994
This report describes barriers to the successful recruitment and retention of African American students in gifted education programs and services, and offers recommendations for ensuring successful recruitment and retention of this population. Barriers to recruitment identified include: inadequate identification practices, too little attention…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Black Students
Hawkins, William A. – 1995
This report examines issues in the low achievement of American students in mathematics, with emphasis on the low representation of minority students in this field. American myths about mathematics which emphasize the importance of innate ability rather than hard work are seen as reinforcing racial and gender stereotypes about who can do…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Standards, Academically Gifted, Access to Education
Klein, Pnina S., Ed.; Tannenbaum, Abraham J., Ed. – 1992
This book reviews and summarizes recent research into the intellectual, emotional and creative development of young gifted children. An introductory section includes the following: "Early Signs of Giftedness: Research and Commentary" (Abraham Tannenbaum); "Creative Giftedness in Children" (Robert Sternberg and Todd Lubart); and "Cultural…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Creative Development
Garcia, Shernaz B., Ed. – 1994
This monograph presents four chapters on cultural and linguistic diversity in special education from the perspectives of three ethnic groups--African Americans, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and Mexican Americans, respectively. The first chapter is titled "Education Reform and Service Delivery to African-American Students," by Festus E.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Asian Americans, Black Students, Cultural Differences
Callahan, Carolyn M.; Tomlinson, Carol A.; Moon, Tonya R.; Tomchin, Ellen M.; Plucker, Jonathan A. – 1995
This monograph describes Project START (Support To Affirm Rising Talent), a three-year collaborative research effort to develop and apply gifted identification procedures based on Howard Gardner's (1983) theory of multiple intelligences. Specifically, the study attempted to: (1) develop identification procedures; (2) identify high-potential…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cultural Differences
Nogami, Glenda Y., Ed.; And Others – 1983
The 21 summaries of research programs, funded by the United States Army Research Institute (ARI) for the Behavioral and Social Sciences which are presented are grouped in five broad topic areas: computer-based systems; information processing; learning, memory and transfer; human relations; and related issues and trends. Papers presented include:…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
[Johnson, David L.]
The Gifted and Talented Screening Form (GTSF) was initially developed to introduce the screening process to school districts developing their first programs for gifted and talented children. The GTSF, designed for grades K-9, screens for talent in six general areas: academics, intelligence, creativity, leadership, visual and performing arts, and…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, Classroom Observation Techniques
Jones, Earl; And Others – 1980
Designed to assist California policy and decision makers with planning to meet the future educational needs of limited-English speaking (LES) and non-English speaking (NES) students, this study was undertaken: (1) to describe and analyze the implementation of all areas of the legislatively required services to LES/NES children, and the structures…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Ancillary School Services
HOOD, PAUL D.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THREE ALTERNATIVE LEADERSHIP TRAINING SYSTEMS WERE STUDIED TO EVALUATE WHAT MIGHT BE THE MOST FEASIBLE METHOD OF IDENTIFYING AND TRAINING POTENTIAL JUNIOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE IN THEIR ARMY CAREERS. TRAINING OBJECTIVES WERE DEFINED AND TRAINING MATERIALS AND ASSESSMENT DEVICES WERE DEVELOPED AND REFINED FOR APPLICATION IN…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Attitudes, Behavior Rating Scales, Course Content
Jensen, Arthur R. – 1970
Large representative samples of Negro and Mexican-American children from Kindergarten through 8th grade in largely de facto segregated schools were compared with white children in the same California school district on tests of mental abilities and scholastic achievement, personality inventories, and indices of socioeconomic and cultural…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Black Students
Peer reviewedZorman, Rachel – Roeper Review, 1987
The planning and development of a new, Israeli residential high school (grades 10-12) for excellence in arts and sciences is described. The curriculum design (art and science specialization, interdisciplinary studies, community involvement, and values education); criteria for student selection; and planning activities in design, evaluation and…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Admission Criteria, Art Education, Community Involvement
