This conference proceedings document on gifted education presents texts of the following papers, among others: "Developing Visual Literacy--Start It Young" (Kay Anderson); "Building Provincial Exams To Challenge the Gifted" (Dennis Belyk); "Advocacy and Lobbying: An Exercise in Persuasion" (Patricia Boyle); "Program Continuity and Curriculum Differentiation" (Jim Brackenbury); "Resources for Parents" (Barbara Brydges); "Creative and Talented Studies: An Application of Betts' Model of the Autonomous Learner" (Rod Burgess); "A Strong Case for School Subject Tests as Identification and Planning Instruments" (Alan L. Edmunds); "Teaching Thinking: Enhancing Learning--Alberta Education's Principles and Guidelines for Teaching Thinking" (Edmunds); "Using Art as a Means of Identifying Gifted Children" (Janet Evans); "Mini-University: Energizing Potential via Practical 'Hands-On' Experience!" (Aurora Hamilton); "Teacher Evaluation of Students Placed in Screening Programmes for Giftedness" (Georgean Harper and Margaret Winzer); "The Joy of Lateral Thinking: Putting the Rich in Enrichment" (Cledwyn Haydn-Jones); "O.M.--'Odyssey of the Mind'...A Creative Approach to Education" (Vicki Hutton and Sharon Baker); "Hidden Treasures in Children's Literature: Energizing Thinking with Non-Traditional Children's Books" (Linda Kirstein and Kathy Knight); "The Schoolwide Enrichment Model" (Jo-Anne Koch); "Development and Transfer of Skills Specifically Exercised in an Enrichment Program" (Colin J. Laine); "Gifted/LD Students: Assessing Individualized Learning Needs" (Judy L. Lupart);"A Developmental View of Young Gifted Artists" (Marion Porath); "Using the Discrepancy Evaluation Model To Energize Programs for Gifted" (Michael Pyryt); "Metacognition: Two New Rs for the Gifted" (Beth Sparks); "Using a Computer To Challenge Gifted Students in an Elementary School" (Priscilla Theroux); "Thinking Families" (Gerald W. Ward); and "The Hidden Potential of the Handicapped Gifted" (Carolyn Yewchuk). (JDD)