A major problem hindering quality services for gifted preschoolers is a selective identification process that may overlook the child's gifts and talents. Enriching the preschool environment to promote creativity, problem solving, affective development, and mastery is an alternative that would serve all children. (CL)

The article discusses the need to counteract sexism in schools, beginning with the youngest students. The effect of sexist books and the expectations of teachers based on the sex of their students can have a profound effect on the development of children, especially girls. (PHR)

This article surveys the current state of curriculum options for gifted preschoolers, and provides data from a survey of 60 educators of preschoolers in South Carolina concerning attitudes about appropriate curricula and instruction. Drawing on these results a list of recommendations for improvements in preschool programs is offered. (PB)

Basic assumptions regarding the process of identifying gifted children for special preschool programs are examined in light of traditional and contemporary definitions of giftedness. Uses and limitations of various identification techniques are discussed with an emphasis on approaches which are being used currently to identify gifted preschoolers.…

Effective early education for gifted children must include special policy and program considerations. Preschool/day-care efforts should be based on the child's needs, special program goals, appropriate placement or grouping, and parent involvement. Administration convenience must yield to developmental efficacy to provide early admittance to…

The interview with Elizabeth Hagen, the co-creator of the Cognitive Abilities Test and a revisor of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test, deals with such issues in gifted education as general intelligence vs. specific abilities, validity of test scores at the preschool level, and misconceptions about retesting gifted students. (Author/CL)

A teacher of gifted primary students reviews findings from a parent questionnaire, describes common features of gifted preschoolers, considers family problems such as discipline related to having a gifted family member, and stresses the importance of children deciding their own future. (CL)

Reponses to four letters from parents and a teacher of gifted children, relating to truancy in a gifted teenager; development of a regional gifted program; strategies appropriate for a primary gifted program; and instructional activities for a parent to use with her preschool age gifted child. (SBH)

This paper presents a rationale for adopting the new form of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales for use with gifted children, based on its more recent norms, its factorial structure, its less restrictive emphasis on g-factor intelligence and verbal reasoning, and its evenness in content from one age to another. (JDD)

This report provides a description of federal education programs for children with disabilities and the important needs that are met by funding each one. It considers the budgetary impact on each program if Congress appropriates the funding level recommended for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995 and funding recommendations of the Council for Exceptional…

The article compares the views of Roberto Assagioli in the 1960 monograph, "The Education of Gifted and Super-Gifted Children," with those of current writers in gifted education. The article finds that, after 28 years, Assagioli's humanistic ideas are still valid. (DB)

This reprint of an article on the identification of and programming for gifted preschoolers is preceded by a commentary that stresses the gulf between parents' and teachers' perceptions and beliefs when it comes to precocious young children. Findings from the study indicate parents were much more supportive of curriculum differentiation. (Contains…

The Stanford-Binet IV is compared to the original version and criticized for having less power to measure the high end of intelligence and for having norms that discriminate against gifted students. Strengths of the Stanford-Binet L-M are pointed out, and use of both scales for different purposes is recommended. (JDD)

This assessment of the usefulness of the "Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Revised" and the "Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition" for gifted children found that both are technically superior instruments with sensitive items, exceptional standardization, strong construct validity, and…

Contends that the general development acquired in preschool provides the foundation for a child's acquisition for any specialized kind of knowledge and assimilation of various activities. Views the organization of public preschool education as the creation of equal starting conditions for the shaping of the preschooler's personality, particularly…