The author suggests that a balanced view of freedom tempered with constraint can overcome barriers to the human potentials movement. (Author/WY)

Developed a system of tables to facilitate interpretation of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities. Presents tables that organize the McCarthy subtests according to three systems of interpretation, and organize McCarthy Scales into categories that reflect factors likely to influence various subtests. (Author/RC)

The article discusses some limitations of present assessment procedures for identifying and understanding the further reaches of creative potential, identifies a few abilities of practical importance belonging to those reaches, and suggests some means whereby these talents might be assessed. (DLS)

Issues of concern are definition of giftedness and intelligence, identification procedures, underrepresentation of certain populations in gifted education, and teacher preparation. The gifted education field has a wealth of research and practice that can aid regular education teachers. (SK)

Analysis of data from the Rothwell-Miller Interest Blank and two ability measures for 880 female and 2,566 male students revealed a weak to modest relationship between interests and abilities. Patterns were mostly as expected. The use of ability assessments as one of multiple domains for holistic self-understanding was recommended. (Contains 47…

The paper considers myths about the educability of children from varying ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and addresses the special needs of gifted Black adolescents. Hereditary, environmental, and developmental views toward educability are reviewed, and the developmental position is further examined as it relates to minority…

IN THE SPRING OF 1961, TESTS WERE ADMINISTERED TO SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS TO IDENTIFY CREATIVITY WITHOUT REFERENCE TO INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT OR ACHIEVEMENT. IN THE 2D YEAR THE TESTS WERE REFINED, AND A SECOND GROUP OF CREATIVE STUDENTS WAS FORMED. IN 1963, FIFTH-GRADE CLASSES WERE SET UP, IN ADDITION TO A THIRD SEVENTH-GRADE CLASS. TESTS FOR THE…

The pattern of abilities of a gifted fifth grade student is analyzed according to Guilford's Structure of Intellect model. (CL)

Problem-solving tasks used with adolescent slow learners demonstrated that, inspite of low WISC scores, students could solve the tasks. (AA)

Eighty practitioners with varying levels of experience in the administration of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC)) completed a K-ABC Abilities Matrix to indicate their perceptions of the specific abilities assessed by each of the 10 K-ABC Mental Processing subtests. In only one-half of the judgments did the majority of…

Empirical studies are reviewed to assess the psychometric properties of teacher-judgment measures used to identify gifted pupils. Included are recommendations regarding the use of these measures in the identification process and the direction of future research on these measures. (Author/MT)

Concludes that defining "gifted" is a delicate and complicated activity, made more so by the fact that there is no theoretically based definition that will fit all programs and circumstances. (FL)

This paper was written to describe the essential tasks of a process known as Dependable Strengths Articulation (DSA) and how career development practitioners can acquire the skills to use the process. DSA, when combined with practices known as Job Magnet, helps participants identify their individual excellence and then use this knowledge to…