Aspects covered include definitions, identification, and appropriate educational programing. Several programing strategies are briefly described, and attention is given to the problem of creating an effective learning environment for the disadvantaged gifted child. (DLS)

The author examines some of the basic tenets involved in meeting the educational needs of culturally different children. (LC)

The author reviews the literature to show a disproportionate number of minority group children are being placed in special classes because of linguistically and culturally biased placement tests. (LC)

Reported were data on the classroom functioning of 602 high school students attending eight different urban ghetto schools, including assessments of reasoning ability, verbal productivity, original and independent thinking, anxiety, rapport, obstreperousness, negativism, withdrawal, and expression of inability to cope with achievement demands.…

Evaluated were effects of experience with two physical science units adapted for use by the visually impaired on the manipulative skills of 14 visually impaired low income students from 9 to 19 years of age. (DB)

The authors review the historical development of education for Native American Indians and the current types of educational delivery systems serving this population, with particular emphasis on the implications of federal legislation. (IM)

Speech sound discrimination was assessed using a bilingual perspective with 32 Black, 32 White, and 32 Puerto Rican first and second grade children from a lower socioeconomic background. (Author/DB)