The authors reply to questions and concerns of five parents of gifted children. Among topics covered are an eight-year-old's problems with mathematics, a child's unrealistic expectations of himself, and a kindergarten child reading on a sixth grade level. (CL)

The role of self-observation in the self-awareness of gifted and talented children is explored. Special adjustment problems of gifted children are covered. (CL)

The author of EC 602 983 comments on his areas of research interest, speculates about the reasons why the social adjustment of kindergartners appears so different from that of older elementary school children, and examines the benefits of providing kindergarten experiences that maximize interactions among bright pupils. (JDD)

This article reviews the literature on early admission to college and describes two high-schools-within-college institutions. It critiques a paper by Dewey G. Cornell and others (EC 601 042) on predictive measurement of socioemotional adjustment of accelerated adolescent females. The article also questions the value of social adjustment for…

This article replies to comments made in EC 601 043 concerning the authors' research on predictive measurement of socioemotional adjustment of adolescent girls enrolled in an early college entrance/acceleration program. The article notes that research on early college entrance has emphasized academic adjustment over socioemotional adjustment and…