Discusses the underrepresentation of culturally different students in gifted programs in South Florida and a pilot project that identifies and teaches primary-age children who appear to have above-average ability, but who are often hindered from achieving their true potential by economic circumstances or cultural differences. (CR)

Discussion of Advanced Placement (AP) programs as a talent development option for gifted high school students focuses on their rationale as an example of differentiated curriculum, benefits of advanced placement for these students, important issues in talent development such as quality instruction and models/mentors, special problems of AP…

This article discusses the need for teachers and parents to work together to help gifted students. It lists 10 principles for the identification and recognition of giftedness that parents and teachers should adhere to, including learning as much as possible about characteristics and needs of gifted children. (Contains references.) (CR)

Too often, gifted programs offer standard, all-purpose enrichment without regard to special talents. Talents are not usually fully developed in youngsters. Teachers can help develop children's talent by becoming talent scouts, structuring appropriate learning activities, praising talented behavior, helping kids set learning goals, locating helpful…

A new paradigm of education, talent development, may be the successor to gifted education. The talent development perspective involves extension and redefinition of the nature of giftedness or talents, identification, and programming. Emphasis is on identifying and nurturing talents in all students, rather than selecting and serving the "gifted…

This article describes the benefits of study abroad programs for gifted students. It discusses options available for study abroad programs, the planning process for study abroad programs, deciding where to go and getting there, and tuition and other cost considerations. Key questions for assessing a study abroad program are provided. (Contains…

The development of gifted education in Hong Kong and the rationale for leadership training for gifted and talented students are briefly described. Core components of the Creative Leadership Training Program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong are highlighted. Following training, students engage in school-based peer tutoring and peer counseling.…

Can students with learning and attention difficulties in school actually be talented scientists in disguise? This article presents a model that was highly successful in identifying and developing scientific talent in these special students. The factors that contributed to the success of the model were the following: The emphasis was on helping…

Despite extensive research, questions underlying the nature and nurture of talent remain both numerous and diverse. In the current paper, we present an account that addresses 2 of the primary questions inspired by this debate: (a) the very existence of innate talents and (b) how exceptional abilities are developed. The development of exceptional…

A 20-year longitudinal study has traced the academic, social, and emotional development of 60 young Australians with IQs of 160 and above. Significant differences have been noted in the young people's educational status and direction, life satisfaction, social relationships, and self-esteem as a function of the degree of academic acceleration…

The Johns Hopkins University Center for the Advancement of Academically Talented Youth and Duke University's Talent Identification Program are used as examples in this examination of the development of educational support systems in the identification and education of mathematically, scientifically, and verbally able youth. The educational support…

This paper is concerned with the kind of messages about science conveyed to 23 young gifted children enrolled at the McGill Summer School for Gifted and Talented Children in Montreal while utilizing a particular teaching model. Five science lessons were analyzed by applying a newly developed scheme to classroom interactions. The scheme helps to…

The goal of this project is to develop a school-based instructional program to maximize unique talents in students. A step-by-step report on the project development is presented from the identification of clear achievable goal, through the on-going process of implementation and evaluation of results to synthesizing the concept and establishing it…

The cultivation of talented behavior necessitates identification of (1) the personality attributes inherent in the individual that can serve as predictors of subsequent talented behavior; and (2) the processes by which personality attributes can be reinforced or modified to produce subsequent socially valued behavior. A longitudinal study of Texas…

Presents the winners in the 38th Annual Science Talent Search and how the forty 18-year old students were chosen from among 980 contestants from 18 states and Singapore. Their names, and some of their activities and interests are also presented. (HM)