Purposes and Scope

Cornog, William H. College Admission with Advanced Standing, New York : Advancement for Education Fund. January, 1954. 91 pp. Describes the program; also gives detailed curriculum offerings for gifted students in the academic fields.

Cunningham, Harry A. , "Some Challenging Problems in Teaching High-School Science to Gifted Students," School Science and Mathematics, 52:373-384, May, 1952. Gives detailed specifics in the area of science teaching.

Denver University. Some Enrichment Techniques, Denver: Denver University Press. 1952. 22 pp. Compilation of materials from a workshop. Includes reasons for enrichment, techniques used to challenge the gifted learners, and procedures.

Department of Instruction. Enrichment Projects , Denver: Public Schools. February, 1954. 33 pp. Presents reasons, aims, role of staff in an enrichment program. Also projects in reading, social studies, math, woodwork, music, etc.

Edwards, Newton. "Education of the Able Student, Social Significance and Goals," The School Review, 62:328-332, September, 1954. States why American education needs a new orientation. Pleads the gifted be educated in order to be trained to participate in high-level policy making.

Flynn, Ella L. "For the Superior Reader," Library Journal, 79:492-495, March, 1954. Discusses several ways to enrich reading of gifted students and list appropriate leisure reading books for them.

Fox, Mildred , "Providing for the Gifted," The Education Digest, 19:10-12, February, 1954. Describes educational programs for the gifted high-school pupil in Evanston Township High School.

Fund for the Advancement of Education, School and College Study of Admission with Advanced Standing, August, 1953. Takes stand that best teacher of seventeen-year-olds are often found in secondary schools, and that the increased need of manpower for the professions puts increasing emphasis on the efficient use of the student's time.

Gregory, Margaret and William McLaughlin , "Advanced Reading for the Bright Child," The Clearing House, 26:203-309, December, 1951, No. 4. Considers the reading problems for outstanding students.

Gross, Richard E. , "Challenge of Social Education for the Gifted," The Social Studies, 45:199-204, October, 1954. Discusses the various educational programs offered in the U.S.A. for gifted. Tells specifically the enrichment projects that may be used for the gifted in a regular high-school class in social studies. Also gives good suggestions for evaluating the work of these students.

Hamman, Olga , "Whom Should We Educate?" California Teacher Association Journal, November, 1953, pp. 19-20. Describes the Scholarship Awards Committee of California.

Hollingworth , Leta. Gifted Children, Their Nature and Nurture, New York: Macmillan Company. 1926. 374 pp. Presents the history of the study of gifted children, their characteristics and development, the organization and curriculum of special education programs, and the social economic implications.

Justman, Joseph , "Academic Achievement of Intellectually Gifted Accelerants and Non-Accelerants in Senior High School," The School Review, 62:469-473, November, 1954. Found that saving of one year without loss in achievement constitutes one good reason for special progress classes in a junior high-school framework.

Kent State University. The Role of the Parent in the Education and Training of the Mentally Superior Child. Ohio: Kent State University Press. 1951. 44 pp. Prepared by parents and teachers for the conference on this subject. Covers emotional adjustment, human relations, health, physical education, art, music, travel, creative expression, guidance, etc.

Lehman, Harvey C. Age and Achievement, Princeton: American Philosophical Society. 1953. 358 pp. This is a summation of 20 years of research. Tells of the quality and the quantity of achievement in relation to age in various professional fields and artistic fields. Includes athletics and politics, too.

Los Angeles County Schools. The More Capable Learner in the Secondary Schools, Los Angeles: Office of County Superintendent of Schools, Division of Secondary Education . January, 1951. 69 pp. An account of the progress made in the Los Angeles County schools in providing enrichment and other adaptations for superior learners.

Mead, Margaret , "The Gifted Child in the American Culture of Today," The Journal of Teacher Education, 5:211-214, September, 1954. Describes the present cultural patterns in the U.S.A. which negatively affect the education of gifted students and suggests ways for educators to help overcome these patterns.

Modesto City Schools. Instructional Programs for Gifted Students. Modesto, California: Curriculum Department, Secondary Schools Division. 1953 , 110 pp. States the framework of the Modesto Plan and gives detailed program profile of the independent study program.

Newland, T. Ernest , "The Gifted," Review of Educational Research, Vol. X 23, No. 5, December, 1953, pp. 417-431. Summarizes 80 research studies which have been published in the various journals on the gifted covering the period from 1944 to 1953. Indicates there is a greater interest now in social contributions of gifted people and more curiosity on the nature of ability. Extensive bibliography.

Passow, A. Harry , and Abraham Tannenbaum , "What of the Talented in Today's High Schools?", Educational Leadership, 12:148-155, December, 1954. Offers some guides for thinking and planning programs for talented and gifted students.

Portland Public Schools. Progress Report No. II of the Co-operative Program for Students with Exceptional Endowment. Oregon: Portland School Administration, Gifted Child Project. April, 1954. 52 pp. Describes the program, the progress and evaluation of the two-year project. Also includes some curriculum offerings.

Pressey, Sidney L. Educational Acceleration, Appraisal, and Basic Problems. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, Bureau of Education. Research Monograph, No. 31, 1949. 153 pp. States the basic reasons for acceleration and notes some of the problems related to it.

Roberts, Helen Erskine. Current Trends in the Education of the Gifted. Sacramento: California State Department of Education. October, 1954. 59 pp. Report on programs in operation throughout the U.S.A. including elementary through college-level programs, emphasis on secondary schools.

Robinson, Helen M. Promoting Maximal Reading Growth Among Able Learners. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Supplementary Educational Monographs, No. 81, December, 1954. 191 pp. Comprehensive coverage of characteristics and identification 6f gifted at all educational levels. Also specific patterns of organizing enrichment offerings, special classes, materials, and techniques, and methods for gifted from kindergarten through senior high school.

San Diego City Schools. The Gifted Child Program and Teacher Consultant Service. San Diego, California: San Diego City Schools, Secondary Division. September, 1953. 26 pp. Describes the program, some of the school offering, and the responsibilities of the teacher consultant assigned to this program.

School of Education. Guiding Your Gifted. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 1954. 89 pp. Answers many questions which arise on this subject. Gives answers on what can be done for the gifted in regular as well as special classes. Gives many specifics on the high-school academic subject fields.

Stoughton, Robert W. Provisions for the Gifted, Current Practices in Connecticut Secondary Schools , Hartford: State Department of Education. September, 1954. 18 pp. Gives organizations and tells of class offerings.

Strang, Ruth , "Guidance of the Gifted," The Personnel and Guidance Journal, 21:26-30, October, 1952. Describes counselors' special responsibilities to the gifted. Lists the counseling and guidance areas.

Symposium on "The Gifted or More Capable Learner in the Secondary Schools," California Journal of Secondary Education, Vol. 29, No. 8, December, 1954, pp. 470-485. States there is an increased understanding of the needs of gifted; presents a portrait of a gifted high-school pupil; states some of the problems gifted children have and a program to lessen these problems; three theories are offered as to why gifted are not accomplishing what can be expected of them.

Terman, Lewis M. , "Are Scientists Different?", Scientific American, Vol. 192, No. 1, January, 1955, pp. 25-29. The question stated above has been raised by the current friction between scientists and government officials. Terman answers it by reporting data collected from his study.

Terman, Lewis M. , "The Discovery of Exceptional Talent," American Psychologist , Vol. 9, No. 6, June, 1954, pp. 221-230. Reviews his origin of interest in this field, talks of methods of identification and special problems in the education of gifted as they affect those who possess outstanding abilities.

Terman, Lewis M. , and Melita H. Oden , The Gifted Child Grows Up. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Vol. IV, 1947. 448 pp. Twenty-five-year follow-up study of a superior group started in 1930. Findings corroborate conclusions presented earlier. Terman, Lewis M. , and Melita Oden , "Major Issues in the Education of Gifted Children," Education Digest, vol. 20, No. 4, December, 1954. Gives good answers to the arguments so frequently met when discussing the education of gifted children.

Terman, Lewis M. Scientists and Non-Scientists in a Group of 800 Gifted Men, Psychological Monographs, General and Applied, No. 378, Vol. 68, No. 7, 1954. 44 pp. Discusses pertinent differences between these two groups of gifted.

Wedemeyer, Charles A. , "Gifted Achievers and Non-Achievers," Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 24, No. 1, January, 1953. Reports on a study done at college level. Out of 102 students, 79 per cent were achievers, 22 per cent non-achievers, 29 per cent of non-achievers were above the 90th percentile. Between one fourth and one third of most intelligent students not achieving. Serious problems for counselor and those responsible for planning college offerings.

Witty, Paul , editor. The Gifted Child, New York: American Association for Gifted Children, D. C. Heath and Company. 1951. 338 pp. A compilation of articles written on all phases of gifted children by people who are authorities in this field.

Wolfe, Dael L. , et. al. Human Resources, The Needs and the Supply. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 1951. 64 pp. Five lectures delivered at a conference on Human Resources and Higher Education at the University of Pittsburgh. Discusses future needs for scientific and specialized personnel along with identification, encouragement, and development of talented youth.