Prufrock Press imprint: 199 books
by Peter Selfridge, Benjamin Selfridge, Jennifer Osburn
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Whether using a social networking site like MySpace or Facebook or building a Web page from scratch, millions of teens are actively creating a vibrant part of the Internet. This is the definitive teen's guide to publishing exciting web pages and blogs on the Web.
This easy-to-follow guide shows...
Total School Cluster Grouping and Differentiation
A Comprehensive, Research-Based Plan for Raising Student Achievement and Improving Teacher Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
The Total School Cluster Grouping Model is a specific, research-based, total-school application of cluster grouping combined with differentiation, focused on meeting the needs of students identified as gifted while also improving teaching, learning, and achievement of all students.
This revised...
Visual-Spatial Learners
Differentiation Strategies for Creating a Successful Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Are you looking for ways to differentiate your instruction to meet the needs of gifted visual-spatial learners? You've found it in Visual-Spatial Learners: Differentiation Strategies for Creating a Successful Classroom (2nd ed.). Visual-spatial learners are students who show advanced abilities with...
NAGC Pre-KGrade 12 Gifted Education Programming Standards
A Guide to Planning and Implementing High-Quality Services
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
The new Pre-KGrade 12 Gifted Education Programming Standards should be part of every school district's repertoire of standards to ensure that the learning needs of advanced students are being met. NAGC Pre-KGrade 12 Gifted Education Programming Standards: A Guide to Planning and Implementing High-Quality...
Paradigms of Gifted Education
A Guide for Theory-Based, Practice-Focused Research
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
This book highlights how to conduct research in gifted education when researchers have to choose from myriad theoretical ideas, hypotheses, claims, practical models, and strategies. It shows researchers how to build clarity, rigor, and relevance into a research agenda that combats fragmentation and...
by Frances Karnes, Ph.D., Suzanne Bean
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Create a Growth Mindset School
An Administrator's Guide to Leading a Growth Mindset Community
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Principals and district administrators will learn ways to develop, sustain, monitor, and lead schools and districts striving for growth mindset learning environments. The book will include guidance in the areas of: growth mindset hiring, feedback, systemic professional learning, and ways to evaluate...
Serving Gifted Students within an RtI Framework
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Given the federal mandate for implementing Response to Intervention (RtI) models, educators may not be aware of how to include gifted students in this system. "Serving Gifted Students Within an RtI Framework" is a practical book that provides an overview of RtI models in gifted education...
Science Strategies for Students with Gifts and Talents
The Practical Strategies Series in Gifted Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
by Kristen Stephens, Ph.D., Frances Karnes
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
From animations to Web quests, this new volume of The Ultimate Guide for Student Product Development & Evaluation features all new products that promote the development of 21st century skills in students. This new edition discusses how the skills and content gained from the development of products...
Families of Children With Autism
What Educational Professionals Should Know
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
This text provides an overview of the role of educational professionals in the lives of families of children with autism.
by Susan Johnsen, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Standards have benefits particular to the field of gifted education. In order to ensure equity and systematic talent search and programming, it is essential that current and future teachers are educated in the relevant theory, research, pedagogy, and management techniques important for developing...
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...
Using Rubrics for Performance-Based Assessment
A Practical Guide to Evaluating Student Work
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2019
Writing a rubric that can accurately evaluate student work can be tricky. Rather than a single right or wrong answer, rubrics leave room for interpretation and thus subjectivity. How does a teacher who wants to use performance-based assessment in this day and age of SMART goals find a way to reliably...