Analysis of cognitive, psychoanalytical, and moral development theories of J. Piaget, O. Rank, E. Erikson, L. Kohlberg, D. Elkind, and C. Gilligan revealed teaching strategies for gifted adolescents which involve encouraging creativity and problem-solving skills; supporting student interests; developing students' positive self-esteem; exposing…

The article examines patterns of adolescent development believed to exist among both normal and gifted students and cites issues rising from clinical and research studies, including recognition and ownership of giftedness, tension between one's performance and expectations, and low tolerance for ambiguity. (CL)

This article examines how developmental bibliotherapy featuring young adult literature can be an effective strategy to address emotional issues of gifted teenagers. It describes how one high school English class responded to the novel, "The Mosquito Test," in a bibliotherapeutic fashion. Also provided is an annotated bibliography of current young…

The article looks at the diverse characteristics and unique needs of gifted young women and identifies specific intervention strategies to facilitate their career development, including increasing student awareness of barriers, broadening career exploration, helping girls integrate multiple roles, and developing essential skills. Facilitators need…

Fifty-four gifted adolescents performed a creative generation task in which they imagined and drew fruit that might exist on another planet. They developed fruit that was rated as more original than developed by college students, and did so regardless of whether they were explicitly instructed to be more creative. (CR)

A coding system, derived from Dabrowski's levels of gifted individuals' emotional development, is based on categories that reflect feelings toward values, self, and others. Testing of the system's reliability indicated that it provides educators, parents, and counselors with a greater understanding of the developmental issues which confront gifted…

Gifted adolescents who attended a one-month intensive summer institute were administered the Defining Issues Test, which measures levels of moral development. Results indicated that the students (n=167) received scores above the norm for their age range. (Author/JDD)

An approach to developing leadership potential involves having gifted students write and implement leadership plans which focus on an important area of needed change in the student's school, community, or religious affiliation. Presented are the purposes and benefits of the plans, processes involved in designing plans, and sample topics.…

A survey of 82 western U.S. academically able students (ages 10-15) compared respondents' regular classroom affective experiences to affective experiences at a 3-week summer institute for the gifted. Responses indicated that students found intellectual peers at the institute and felt good about their social behavior. Activities that promote…

Significant gain in leadership areas (fundamentals, written communication, speech communication, values clarification, decision making, group dynamics, problem solving, personal development, and planning) by average to superior sixth- through eleventh-grade participants (N=110) indicated that the summer Leadership Studies Program is an effective…

The work of Leta Hollingworth (1886-1939) concerning gifted adolescents is reviewed in the context of current thinking. A new synthesis is offered which sees the gifted adolescent in a state of disequilibrium (defined as discrepancy between expectancy and achievement) and constantly in a process of adjusting to the disequilibrium. (Author/DB)

The author proposes the development of a social sciences/humanities curriculum which addresses the special concerns of gifted high school students and suggests that the curriculum incorporate such elements as values clarification and reflection (based on students' own personal experiences). (PHR)

This article draws together findings of two studies: the first a study of secondary students identified as having high potential and the second a study on encouraging reflective practice and action research with talented students. Analysis and sample case studies illustrate the centrality of the teacher in forming students' attitudes to school and…

The article describes some of the self-concept needs of gifted Black students and presents a model for helping Black secondary students develop positive self-concepts. (CL)

A study compared 115 academically gifted adolescents to 97 nongifted peers to determine differences in their perception of overall emotional adjustment. Results indicated the overall emotional adjustment of both groups fell within normal limits and that the gifted students showed better emotional adjustment on the self-report instruments.…