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Gifted Traits Can Cause Classroom Problems
Presents a list of 15 Characteristics exhibited by gifted children and some Potential Problems that may arise in the classroom as a result. Jump to Full NewsWeb Story

Home Environment Central to Learning
How important is the home environment to learning and achievement? This article presents a checklist for families who want to know if they have a home environment that encourages good learning. Jump to Full NewsWeb Story

On Leadership
Its qualities are difficult to define. But they are not so difficult to identify. Jump to Full NewsWeb Story

Profiles of Gifted:
Affective Dimensions
How gifted students think, how they test, how they see their giftedness and how they behave individually and in groups -- all of these various dimensions have been explored, researched and written about almost ad nauseum. Gifted children, as a group, must be like Christopher Robin, who, having recovered from his cold, wakes up one morning and wonders how to amuse "all sorts of physicians who came hurrying around at a run." Jump to Full NewsWeb Story

Check Your Child for Gifted Traits
According to the federal government's definition, a gifted child is one who has outstanding abilities or potential in one or more of these areas. Jump to Full NewsWeb Story

How to Coach Your Own Kid
It's one of the hardest things to do in the world -- to be a coach and parent at the same time. How do you impart a physical or athletic skill or talent to your child without the excessive pressure many parents of gifted kids are sometimes guilty of? How do you give your child the benefit of your experience without turning him or her off to an activity? Here's a way many experienced coaches (and wise parents) approach skill development. You may apply these in working with your child whether you're wearing your coach's cap, your parent's hat or both! Jump to Full NewsWeb Story

The Return on Investment from Special Education for Gifted Children.
A controversial article that may spark some small effect in changing the attitudes of those who influence the allocation and investment of special education funds. Thinking of people in investment terms is a dirty job, but someone has to do it as there is not, and cannot in the future, be enough for oil. Jump to Full NewsWeb Story

Mail Order Learning for Gifted Students
Most students who have been identified as gifted are enrolled in special school programs in addition to regular classes. Instead, 12-year-old seventh grader Paul Vick, Jr., who has been i certified as gifted by the Talent Identification Program (TIP) at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, studies a college level American history course at home after school. One hundred and ninety other gifted students, from twenty-three states, like Paul, await returned lessons and test scores for their special courses from the mailman. Jump to Full NewsWeb Story

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Thinking about Eminence
What is the difference between eminence, reknown, and fame? Which does our society value most? What implications does this have for gifted programs? These questions are addressed in this insightful editorial.
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Parents of gifted children may be intimidated by the gifted child's mental abilities and verbal prowess. As adults - must, they must assert their wisdom, experience, and values. The child must see adult examples to select his own own systems for living and giving. Parents must communicate confidence in their own values, - and, standards, and principles. Within the context of love, humanity, sharing, and compromise, the parent communicates that these basic aspects of human personality development are unrelated are unrelated to giftedness. More importantly, parents must understand and communicate that giftedness does not bring with it the traits of maturity and self-actualization. Acquiring those traits requires the same discipline and rigor for all children. eight The eight basic principles
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Dr. Sandford Reichart
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Case Western Reserve University; a member of the

Creativity: Some Issues

"That man," replied Ford, "once had an idea that saved us millions of dollars. At the time, I believe his feet were planted right where they are now." (From The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes, 1985.)

This anecdote is a fitting springboard into the collection of short articles that follows by GCM's editor-in-chief James Alvino, and managing editor Robert Baum. Creativity is often spontaneous, and it often happens when your feet are up! But why?

What is creativity? What stages are involved in the creative process? Can you harness creative energy to solve problems? Is there a benefit to goofing off? Are creative individuals healthier? Can you test for creativity? How creative are you? Find out the answers to these questions as you read on.

It sounds like creativity might be something we can take apart and put in ordered sequence like a recipe for a cake or the directions for constructing a backyard jungle gym. The implic
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Arthur Lipper III
Chairman
British Far East Holdings Ltd.