Brief comments are offered on the 12 summarized findings of a 1975 survey examiniing the relations between class size and educational effects. (Author)

Describes a program in which smaller class groups for socially and culturally deprived children resulted in enhanced social attitudes and more responsive, mature behavior in interaction with both adults and peers. (Author/IRT)

This article looks beyond class size to such specifics as teachers' load, subject electives available, subject load, and different class groupings in developing a flow chart that gives added understanding and control over the variables relating to the deployment of teachers. (Author/IRT)

This article attempts to clarify the interdependent nature of curricular and financial aspects of school organization, then to provide a conceptual tool to help administrators consider both aspects concurrently. (Author)

While research has been unable to demonstrate a positive relationship between smaller schools and advantages such as openness of climate or participative decision-making, it is notable that no research evidence discloses a negative correlation. (Author)

The article reviews some of the conditions that might counteract decline in the intellectual development of gifted children and adolescents. (DLS)

The article discusses the psychological needs of gifted children. (DLS)

The article discusses three guidance functions involved with gifted and talented students. (DLS)

The article discusses the relationship between mental health and giftedness in children. (DLS)

The article presents four conclusions regarding the provision of intervention services to intellectually gifted students with emotional difficulties, along with some examples of the actual process the authors currently employ with such children. (DLS)

The article briefly describes a curriculum and instructional model developed at the Advanced Learning Center in Yakima, Washington, focusing on preparing gifted leaders for a futuristic society, and presents several sample activities that can be adapted for use in a variety of instructional settings for such purposes. (DLS)

The article discusses and advocates the use of the Chinese abacus in teaching gifted children mathematical properties and operations. (DLS)

Investigates classification achievement in Thai and American children as well as children's classification achievement within cultures and across cultures at different age levels. One hundred and twenty American and Thai children from 6 to 11 years of age were randomly selected to participate in this study. (HM)

Describes the Concept Learning Project (CLP) that investigates how children in Southeast Asia Learn mathematics and science concepts based on the thinking levels of children, using Piagetian theory. Results of field trials in Thailand are presented. (HM)

Discusses some of the ways in which interviews, questionnaires and classroom observation may be used to explore the extent to which curricular innovations are being implemented in schools. The focus is on exploring the problems of implementation of the Scottish Integrated Science Scheme used in Scotland. (HM)