The final report of a program offering community-based mentorships for secondary level gifted and talented students contains information on 11 model projects located in the West, Midwest, and Northeast. Offered is a rationale for the use of mentors to provide instruction and role models for gifted students. Criteria for selection of the model…

INTELLECTUALLY ABLE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS APPLIED FOR THE INSTITUTE. COURSES OFFERED WERE NOT FOR CREDIT BUT WERE SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE REGULAR CURRICULUM. A SMALL TUITION WAS PAID FOR THE ONE COURSE CHOSEN. THE COURSES OFFERED INCLUDED ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE, BEGINNING CHINESE, ADVANCED CHINESE, GERMAN, JAPANESE, BEGINNING RUSSIAN,…

Reviews how a sophomore class of gifted students selected a subject for their learning logs; tells how to write a learning log; offers ideas on evaluating learning logs; presents student reflections on the use of learning logs. (JK)

Discusses a survey of 24 De Kalb, Illinois, high schools that found that many gifted students would favor joint enrollment in high technology programs at two-year postsecondary institutions. (JOW)

The article summarizes methodology and results of tests given to 30 13-year-old students who were nominated by their six schools as scientifically talented, for a summer science enrichment course at Nene College, England. Reported are children's ideas about the "ideal" classroom, the "ideal" teacher, and the "ideal"…

Analysis of the High School Personality Questionnaire and measures of socioeconomic status (SES) for 63 intellectually gifted secondary and 60 control students revealed that giftedness was not identified as the reason for differences in personality characteristics. Instead, sex appeared to be the important factor in considering student actions.…

Describes the reading program for gifted readers implemented in the Hauppauge Middle School on Long Island (New York). Covers selection criteria, curriculum, objectives, and strategies and provides a list of references for further reading. (Author/WD)

Discusses the special needs of gifted and creative students, the need for sensitive teachers, and questioning techniques which can be used in the secondary world history classroom. (RM)

Considers how coaches do not dumb down their complicated offensive and defensive schemes to ensure that the slowest player can learn. Notes that instead, they implement their system and expect all their players to learn it; players either learn the system, or they sit on the bench until they do. Recognizes the effectiveness of this approach. (SG)

Examined levels of adaptability and cohesion in 161 families of gifted students. Findings indicated that a majority of the families with an academically gifted child reported experiencing moderate levels of adaptability, cohesion, or both. Having a gifted child in the home was not necessarily associated with extreme patterns of family functioning.…

Evaluation of the personality functioning of 90 adolescents with intelligence quotients greater than 135 found the incidence of psychopathology in the sample to be comparable to that in the normative population. Children with intelligence quotients greater than 150 had no greater levels of psychopathology than those with intelligence quotients…

The academic needs of gifted students are qualitatively different from those of regular students. This document describes a course that is differentiated for gifted students in the areas of content, process, learning environment, and product. Emphasis is placed on higher order thinking skills through independent study dealing with real world…

The report describes the history and progress of the ACT Program for Academically and Creatively Talented Students at the secondary level in Ontario Center, New York. Background information includes timelines and distinctions between honors and gifted programing. A section on identification presents the definition of gifted and talented, specifies…

Describes a chemistry course designed, in cooperation with local public school districts, to intellectually challenge a group of 8th, 9th, and 10th grade students. Organic chemistry and biochemistry are integrated into the course (titled Chemistry and Everyday Life) to emphasize practical applications of chemistry. The course syllabus is included.…

Describes the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, a residential school for high school juniors and seniors who are gifted in science and mathematics. Includes an interview with three of the students. (JOW)