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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Thompson, Taylor – Understanding Our Gifted, 2004
To some teachers, the term "differentiation" means to do different things for the students who need remediation or who have disabilities. To other teachers, differentiation refers to any provision for student differences, including for those students who are more capable than average. There are also many teachers who do not use differentiation at…
Descriptors: Teacher Motivation, Individualized Instruction, Disabilities, Remedial Programs
Milligan, Julie; Campbell, Dennis – Understanding Our Gifted, 2003
This article discusses the collaboration among preservice teacher students that occurs during the Academy for Young Scholars in Arkansas, a summer enrichment program for gifted students ages 4-15. The benefits of the teacher collaboration are described, including benefits to students, increased confidence, and borrowed strategies. (Contains 6…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Cooperating Teachers, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Gross, Miraca U. M. – Understanding Our Gifted, 2002
This article discusses teacher misconceptions of gifted students and gifted programs and the effects of a postgraduate teacher education program in Australia called the Certificate of Gifted Education. Results of the program indicate powerful changes in teachers' attitudes and support the need to provide every teacher with training in gifted…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Attitude Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Field, Trudy; Bernal, Ernesto M.; Goertz, Jeanie – Understanding Our Gifted, 2001
Students in a self-contained gifted and talented fifth grade evaluated three major learning activities of the Full Option Science System (FOSS). Students rated the activities very positively and felt the activities had given them greater confidence to work in groups, to be creative, and to strive to accomplish hard tasks as well as developing…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Gifted, Grade 5, Instructional Material Evaluation
Landona, Nancy – Understanding Our Gifted, 2001
This article describes Camp Invention, a summer one-week day camp program for students in grades 2-6 that is designed to develop creativity in gifted students. The curriculum of the camp features hands-on, interactive activities in science, history, math, and the arts. Examples of activities undertaken in 2001 are provided. (Contains one…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Creativity, Curriculum Design, Day Camp Programs
Pattridge, Gregory C. – Understanding Our Gifted, 2000
This brief article identifies software that supports visual spatial intelligence, a characteristic of many intellectually gifted children. Such software should be complex, flexible, and include visual components. The review of five software titles provides information on appropriate ages, computer compatibility, and source, as well as an…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted