The Museum Resource Center in Waterford, New York, is a pullout program where gifted elementary students work on individual projects in science, technology, or the humanities. Students engage in five tasks in developing a museum display: selcting a topic, exploring it in depth, constructing a display to illustrate their findings, demonstrating…

Based on an ancient Chinese saying that "near vermillion, you turn red; near sepia, you turn black", when gifted students are grouped together, a vermillion (reddening) effect may result from assimilation. In contrast, when gifted students are grouped with non-gifted students, a sepia (blackening) effect may operate. However, recent theories have…

This review examines literature on counseling techniques for use with gifted underachievers (GUA). The review begins with a discussion of definitions of underachievement and the various types of underachievement. The paper then evaluates types of counseling, counselor variables, length of counseling intervention, and grade level of counseling.…

The Rocky Mountain Talent Search 1984 Summer Institute participants, consisting of 12 through 15-year-old, highly able, high achieving students, are described in this study. The Harter Perceived Competence Scale for Children was used to measure feelings in the areas of cognitive, social, and physical competence and general self-esteem. An…

Fifty gifted teenagers from across Canada, who were taught the Honeywell MULTICS "mail" and "forum" systems, were allowed free reign on an electronic communication system for several months. This paper reports on the students' use of the system, and on some of the interesting and unusual events which occurred during the course…

This study attempts to respond to the suggestions of Stewart and Jones and the criticisms of Sattler and Buckhalt by assessing the precision of the Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT) in predicting Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) scores with a population of restricted range (gifted children), and examining the consistency of…

The reading teacher's role in instructing talented and gifted children is explained in this paper. Goals of instruction are to provide a foundation for learning by structuring materials from which children can build, establishing conditions which foster divergent thinking, providing a setting where creativity is allowed to flourish, allowing…

This study investigated teachers' culture-dependent attitudes toward gifted education. A group of 147 Finnish teachers, 214 Hong Kong teachers, and 160 American teachers (preservice teachers, regular classroom teachers, and teachers of gifted students) completed an attitude toward gifted education scale. Researchers used the resulting data to…

In recent research, female adolescents have been found to prefer history, language, and writing courses, while male adolescents have been found to prefer mathematics and science courses. These gender differences in course selection occurred despite the fact that female and male adolescents performed equally well in these courses. This study…

To examine the comprehension process employed by gifted readers and to identify the various metacognitive strategies they employ, 100 gifted student volunteers in grades 4 through 7 were administered the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), Reading Subtests 11 and 13. The students also completed a questionnaire to determine metacognitive awareness…

The work of "A Better Chance," a Boston (Massachusetts)-based national talent search and referral agency is described in this document. The agency seeks out academically able minority students and places them in private preparatory schools or select public secondary schools. The program involves identifying and recruiting students, matching…

A report is given on research analyzing the motivational factors manifested by gifted students, and a comparison is presented of the motivational attributes of gifted and nongifted learners. Personal attitudes examined were belongingness, positive school attitude, personal control, optimism, flexibility, and idealism. Results of this study…

The paper describes the identification process and procedures developed in a project for gifted/talented handicapped children (3 to 5 years old) in six talent areas: intellectual, academic, creative, social/leadership, visual and performing arts, and psychomotor. Characteristics of two approaches (the informal open classroom and an approach based…

This paper considers the history and current status of interactions between Hispanics and public education in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, where widespread Hispanic presence is primarily a recent development, focusing on regular and gifted education. Policy actions by state government and postsecondary institutions as well as the Hispanic…

In a survey of 247 parents of gifted students in a pull-out program designed for academically gifted students in grades four through six in Midland, Texas, parents were asked how they participated in the program and how they viewed the importance of being involved in various aspects of their child's special education. Among the results, the survey…