The waste of human intellectual resources resulting from the dynamics of early nutritional deprivation is a serious social and public health problem. An undernourished child develops more slowly, demanding and receiving less attention than a well-nourished child, and is thus less able to compete in school and in society in general. (Author/GC)

This article shows that, while there has been a modification of health care facilities and new approaches to medical care, little change has been effected in the interrelationship between the poor and the delivery of quality medical care. (Author/GC)

The United States Senator describes the current health crisis in America and outlines the political factors involved in implementing national health insurance. (GC)

The article reviews methods by which classroom teachers can identify academically gifted students (including a discussion of common learning characteristics of gifted students); considers classroom implications; and identifies goals and objectives for gifted students in reading, language arts, social studies, mathematics, and science. (CL)

The author considers the impact of social trends, particularly the women's movement, on young gifted females, and cites such adjustment problems as the absence of gifted women models and the development of sublimated seduction patterns in the girls' relationships with their fathers. (CL)

The paper explains the career education concept and considers its application to gifted and talented students. (CL)

Results of scores of 151 gifted high school students on the Self Concept of Ability Scale indicated that Ss had high self-concepts of academic ability. (CL)

The pattern of abilities of a gifted fifth grade student is analyzed according to Guilford's Structure of Intellect model. (CL)

Psychological problems and potential solutions for gifted adolescents are discussed. (CL)

The article describes the Independent Study and Seminar Program for Gifted urban high school students. (CL)

An ecology program for gifted high school students incorporated such diverse areas as writing, oral skills, political interests, and photography into a scientific research framework. (CL)

The article describes the selection and participation of 23 gifted high school leaders in a law-related program focusing on moral questions, values and standards, and prison reform. (CL)

Describes a noncompetitive simulation game in which students role play situations described on a card to investigate their feelings, values, and behavior toward nature and toward others. Available from: NAAHE, the University of Tulsa, 600 South College, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104. (Author/DB)

Questions regarding the type of teacher input and its effect on immediate and delayed performance in student problem-solving are examined. Specific guidelines for the classroom teacher are then suggested. (Author/MA)

The authors stress the importance of bringing together the causal logic of history and the formal logic of mathematics in order to humanize mathematics and make it more accessible. An example of such treatment is given in a discussion of the centrality of Euclid and the Euclidean system to mathematics development. (MN)