Gifted category: 243 books
by Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D., Catherine Little
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Content-Based Curriculum for High-Ability Learners (3rd ed.) provides a solid introduction to core elements of curriculum development in gifted education and implications for school-based implementation. Written by experts in the field, this text uses cutting-edge design techniques and aligns core...
STEM Education for High-Ability Learners
Designing and Implementing Programming
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
STEM Education for High-Ability Learners: Designing and Implementing Programming focuses on the rigorous articulation of quality STEM education programming to develop STEM talent among high-ability and gifted learners. The intent of this book is to provide a comprehensive resource for educators designing...
by Debbie Roby, M.Ed., Annie Rivera
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Identifying Gifted Students
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
by M. Katherine Gavin, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Now more than ever, we must cultivate top-notch mathematicians in order to address the needs, issues, and problems of the 21st century. Identifying and Nurturing Math Talent provides information for teachers, administrators, and parents interested in identifying and supporting mathematical talent...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
The authors of this book offer practical help to teachers in making day-to-day provision for the able in their classroom. Designed mainly for secondary teachers, teacher educators and senior managers, the book draws together a range of good practice in provision for the most able across all national...
Out of Our Minds
Turning the Tide of Anti-Intellectualism in American Schools
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
This second edition of the often-cited book on anti-intellectualism, Out of Our Minds, focuses on U.S. schools' failure to care for the intellects and talents of all children, gifted children in particular. The revision comprises 10 chapters: (1) what is intellect and why is it important?; (2) the...
Exceptionality in East Asia
Explorations in the Actiotope Model of Giftedness
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
The continual successes of students from East-Asia are confirmed in a variety of international tests of academic achievement and yet, despite this attainment, many scholars have realised that a substantial proportion of these students are also underachieving.
Using the actiotope model of...
by Sylvia Rimm, Ph.D., Frances Karnes
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006
Grades 5–8
by Frances Karnes, Ph.D., Suzanne Bean
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
The curse of intelligence
How to make giftedness an advantage instead of a problem
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
This is the first book to address the problems faced by this cohort written in simple language and containing completely new ideas. The author, a clinical psychologist specialising in the extremely gifted, explains in this book why being intelligent is a curse for many children and adults. Being extremely...
When Smart Kids Underachieve in School
Practical Solutions for Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
When Smart Kids Underachieve in School: Practical Solutions for Teachers takes a look at the 10 most common reasons why some smart, advanced, and gifted students do not reach their achievement potential. Reasons for underachievement range from social-emotional needs, lack of proper programming, not...
Academic Competitions for Gifted Students
A Resource Book for Teachers and Parents
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2007
This handbook covers 170 competitions, criteria for selecting events that match students' strengths/weaknesses, strategies for maximizing the benefits of competitions, and ways to avoid potential problems.
How to Develop Children as Researchers
A Step by Step Guide to Teaching the Research Process
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2005
'This book will be really useful to all teachers of upper Primary/lower Secondary pupils but will be especially useful as a resource for using with gifted children of 9 to12 years, as it will promote and support the type of self-directed, investigative enquiry that they enjoy. The author also emphasises...