Despite the national, state, and local emphasis on academic progress and standards, the curricular needs of the 3 million highly talented and gifted youth in the U.S. generally have not been embraced as a priority. In many high schools, academically precocious students are expected to progress on their own. The Individuals with Disabilities…

The major goals of this study were to conceptualize a framework for analyzing student conceptions of mathematics, gather baseline information about the conceptions of mathematics held by mathematically talented students and by average high school students, and begin to generate hypotheses about how they are related to the nature of student…

The paper describes the North Providence (Rhode Island) High School Honors Curriculum, which provides academically gifted juniors and seniors with indepth training in specific academic areas. Specific selection procedures and eligibility criteria are set forth, along with appeals procedures for students. Course descriptions, specific eligibility…

A STUDY REPORTED WHAT HAPPENED WHEN PROGRAMED MATERIALS WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO ABLE STUDENTS ATTENDING SMALL HIGH SCHOOLS. FOUR HUNDRED STUDENTS FROM 20 HIGH SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT. A COLLEGE-LEVEL PROGRAMED COURSE IN FIRST SEMESTER INTRODUCTORY DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS AND A COURSE IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR WERE GIVEN TO THE…

To offset low challenge in high school courses, the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth encourages intellectually talented students to choose from seven alternative acceleration options. Also offered are four reasons for taking college credit courses in high school. (MC)

This article describes the Art Elective Program (AEP), a government supported program for gifted students at a girls' high school in Singapore. The AEP offers academically talented students, who usually concentrate on the sciences, exposure to the visual arts. Students study drawing, painting, design, and art history; do projects; and participate…

Investigated difficulties experienced by gifted youth and factors they consider as they make career decisions. Conducted interviews with 30 gifted adolescents at three strategic decision-making points. Found 20 factors that subjects identified as important to their career decisions. Factors clustered into five groups: sensitivity to others'…

Combining standards with a differentiated curriculum for highly able learners accomplishes two goals: it provides rich, rigorous curricula for these students and meets state standards. This process can have a ripple effect by improving curricula for the entire school and by benefiting all students' learning. (MLH)

Forty academically gifted students (ages 15-18) in New Zealand with given the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale. Males scored higher than females on most dimensions with the exception of Self-Criticism, Moral Self-Concept, and Inconsistent Responding. Additionally, the mean score was higher for males than females. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)

This study investigated the thinking styles of Korean gifted students in Korea and examined whether thinking styles based on the theory of mental self-government could predict scientific giftedness based on Korean people?s implicit concepts. Participants were 179 students from the two science high schools and 176 students from the general high…

The racial, ethnic, linguistic, and economic diversity within urban areas necessitates the creation of scholastic environments that are responsive to the varying academic and social needs of the student population. This qualitative study investigates ways in which teacher and administrator behavior and the school environment contribute to the…

The selection criteria of high intellectual ability and strong academic achievement for gifted educational programs often leads teachers to assume that their gifted students understand important science concepts. However, empirical evidence of such homogeneity among gifted students' deep understanding of scientific concepts is lacking in the…

This study used a structural equation paradigm to investigate the effects of self-regulated learning, self-efficacy, learning goal orientation, and worry on high-stakes mathematics achievement in a sample of (n=144) mathematically gifted high school students in southern California. Sex and prior math achievement (the Mathematics-Scholastic…

Oklahomans are looking to their colleges and universities as avenues through which the diversification of the state's economy and economic salvation can come about. The challenge to higher education is identifying qualified students, and identifying their teachers who can assist them in making wise choices in planning their college careers. The…

Outlines the steps included in the implementation of a successful instructional television (ITV) program for gifted students: selecting personnel, conducting an ITV workshop, developing curricula, identifying students, implementing a pilot-based program, and implementing a daytime program. (Author/IRT)