Achievement patterns of tenth grade females of above average intelligence revealed a significant difference between the grades of achievers and underachievers, beginning at grade 6. Other-direction and attitudes toward women were significantly related to mathematical achievement test scores and high school grades. (Author/BH)

Two projects have been designed to help gifted students enlarge, enrich, and make more accurate their images of the future. (BD)

Describes the TEAMS program which provides an academic competition at the high school level in subjects qualifying students for further study in engineering. (SL)

Describes how Hauppague High School (New York) gifted and talented students created and assembled an illustrated interpretive guide to paddling the Nissequogue River using literary research and interviews, photographs, sketches, and biological and geological research. (NEC)

Annual mathematics talent searches for 12-year-old students were conducted in Hamburg, West Germany. One-hundred-fifty students took part in a long-term Saturday enrichment program to train them in problem finding and problem solving. The philosophy of this program is explained and illustrated with preliminary data. (MNS)

Offers suggestions for gifted education programs in rural school districts, based on practices used in some eastern Iowa districts. Discusses such considerations as program planning, program implementation, program staffing, expanding or supplementing the regular curriculum for gifted students, and facilitating interaction among participating…

This study reports the cognitive processing of a Year 8 female student (Kerri) during a test, and during her subsequent homework as she consolidated as part of abstracting; a topic of recent research interest. This case adds to the body of knowledge about how constructing and consolidating can occur simultaneously. The analysis captured the…

This article summarizes research conducted in Gifted Algebra I and Gifted Precalculus classes in a public, suburban high school in spring 2002, which investigated the importance of reading and writing in understanding mathematical principles. The classroom teacher supplemented traditional numerical problem solving with vocabulary quizzes, reading…

Five problems are given which are designed to challenge gifted students while giving them opportunities to use algebraic concepts. Solutions are provided. (MNS)

Three probability problems designed to challenge students are presented: Liars and Diamonds, Heads Wins, and Random Walks. Other statistic problems are suggested that could involve computer simulations. (MNS)

The director of the College Board's Advanced Placement (AP) Program for 15 years describes what the program looks like today, why its growth has been steady, and how it has changed. Scholastic Aptitude Test score ranges and Achievement Test Score ranges among AP candidates and college-bound seniors are compared. (Author/MLW)

Describes a high school commercial art program for gifted students that focuses on "real-life causes" and enables the students to make connections with their own feelings and creativity, with learning resources and experiences, and with the community and the world beyond. Different students' experiences are detailed. (CR)

This study, involving 169 intellectually gifted secondary students, found that gifted girls, more than gifted boys, attributed both success and failure in mathematics, science, and English to effort and strategy. Gifted girls also tended to report greater confidence and interest in English. No gender differences were found in terms of maladaptive…

This study of 10 gifted students (ages 14-20), who moved from chronic underachievement to academic success, identified 6 factors that students felt had a positive impact on their academic performance: out-of-school interests, parents, academic goals, classroom instruction and curriculum, the teacher, and changes in self. (Author/JDD)

A teacher/counselor of gifted students explains some of the difficulties encountered by at-risk, high-ability, young people. Describes discussion groups held for these students and suggests that gifted-education teachers and school counselors work together to provide advocacy for gifted students. (MKA)