To increase options for academically talented students without incurring the scheduling problems associated with concurrent high school and college enrollment, North Olmstead High School (Ohio) developed a college "credit-in-escrow" system using locally broadcasted telecourses. Qualified juniors and seniors may enroll in these…

An apprentice program for gifted and talented high school students in West Milford High School (New Jersey) has been successful in helping students gain on-the-job experience. This helps students in their planning for after high school graduation. (MD)

The study assessed the creative thinking and moral reasoning of academically gifted male (N=24) and female (N=27) adolescents. There were some indications that the relationship between creativity and moral reasoning differs across age, sex, and creativity subtests. (SB)

Describes a program at Johns Hopkins University's Center for the Advancement of Academically Talented Youth that relies on standardized tests to identify intellectually gifted students. The program offers these students opportunities to develop their mathematical and verbal abilities. (JOW)

Comparison of depression and suicidal ideation among academically gifted (n=46), exceptionally gifted (n=32), and academically average (n=56) adolescents found no significant differences among the 3 groups in level, severity, or nature of distress experienced. (Author/DB)

DESCRIPTIONS OF 18 DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHICH ARE PLANNING OR HAD IN OPERATION PROGRAMS FOR SUPERIOR AND TALENTED STUDENTS AS OF JULY 1960 ARE INCLUDED. THE STATES INVOLVED ARE CALIFORNIA, CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, IDAHO, KENTUCKY, MASSACHUSETTS, OREGON, SOUTH CAROLINA, VERMONT, AND WASHINGTON. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE…

Among findings of the study involving 278 contestants (seventh graders) from the 1976-77 Mathematics Talent Search conducted by the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth was that the Mathematics Usage and Natural Sciences Readings tests of the American College Test battery have adequate ceiling and floor for this group. (SBH)

The Governor's School of North Carolina (West) offers a six-week summer program designed to develop creativity in gifted high school students. (SBH)

A school's inability to assimilate an unusually intelligent student is described. (PBS)

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…

Argues that all students are gifted in different ways, and proposes that instruction should focus on fostering gifted behaviors rather than on "gifted" students. Defines gifted behaviors that should be fostered and presents a program by which they can be achieved. (HB)

Describes the Cosmology Distinction Course for gifted students completing their Higher School Certificate, which seeks to provide a challenging and stimulating broadly based one-year course that goes beyond the normal confines of traditional matriculation subjects. Presents a course outline, details on assessment, and reflections upon the first…

Examines the conceptions of nature of science (NOS) possessed by a group of gifted seventh-grade students from Taiwan. Concludes that there were no significant changes in students' views of NOS after instruction, possibly due to time limitations and a ceiling effect. (Author/MM)

This newsletter theme issue deals with summer program offerings for academically talented youth. It notes the benefits of summer programs and outlines factors to consider in choosing the most appropriate one. Several types of programs are then described, including talent search programs, young students programs, math programs, science programs,…

This guide on using the newspaper is designed for secondary students in gifted education programs. Activities included in the guide can be used with a full range of subject areas, as students actually use the newspaper as the learning resource. The 50 activities are organized around the sections of the newspaper (general, news, editorials,…