How Can I Help My Gifted Child Plan for College?

The earliest version of this article was adapted from the book College Planning for Gifted Students by Sandra Berger, which is now in a third edition. Extensive updates by MCGT member Karl Bunday have now been added. Berger’s advise from the earlier edition of her book included: Characteristics of Gifted Students That May Affect College Planning...
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Blending Gifted Education and School Reform

by Gail E. Hanninen ED371520 Jun 94, ERIC Digest #E525. ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education, Reston, VA. School reform initiatives have resulted in many changes in American education during the past decade. The complexity of the process has presented numerous challenges for every educator. Juxtaposed against the reform climate are several other...
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Supporting Gifted Education through Advocacy

ERIC Digest #E494. Author: Berger, Sandra L. Effective nurturing of giftedness in children and adolescents requires a cooperative partnership between home and school, one that is characterized by mutual respect and an ongoing sharing of ideas and observations about the children involved. To accomplish this partnership, parents and educators must know something about giftedness,...
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Should Gifted Students Be Grade-Advanced?

by Sharon J. Lynch, Ph.D. The George Washington University, School of Education and Human Development. Intellectually gifted and academically talented students are students who can learn and understand deeply and rapidly. Keeping them challenged and learning to capacity can require changes in their regular school programs. Across the United States, education programs for children...
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Nurturing Social Emotional Development of Gifted Children

by James T. Webb ERIC Digest E527. Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF GIFTED CHILDREN? To a large degree, the needs of gifted children are the same as those of other children. The same developmental stages occur, though often at a younger age (Webb & Kleine, 1993). Gifted...
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Norm- and Criterion-Referenced Testing

by Linda A. Bond ED410316 Dec 96 . ERIC/AE Digest. ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, Washington, DC. Tests can be categorized into two major groups: norm-referenced tests and criterion-referenced tests. These two tests differ in their intended purposes, the way in which content is selected, and the scoring process which defines how the...
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