Prufrock Press imprint: 199 books
Effective Program Practices for Underserved Gifted Students
A CEC-TAG Educational Resource
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Effective Program Practices for Underserved Gifted Students provides coordinators, teachers, administrators, and other interested parties information about effective program practices for underserved gifted students. In this book, the authors identify and discuss three broad areas of effective practices:...
Serving Visual-Spatial Learners
The Practical Strategies Series in Gifted Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
High spatial ability is necessary in many fields, particularly in the visual and performing arts and in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). "Serving Visual-Spatial Learners" seeks to offer teachers, parents, and others who work with pre-KĀgrade 12 students a variety of means...
by Debbie Roby, M.Ed., Annie Rivera
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Perfect 800: SAT Math
Advanced Strategies for Top Students
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Getting into the nation's most competitive universities requires more than a good SAT score-it requires a perfect score. The second edition of Perfect 800: SAT Math gives advanced students even more challenging practice problems and the tools needed to master the SAT math test. Covering areas including...
by Vicky Spencer, Cynthia Simpson, Jeffrey Bakken
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Written in a reader-friendly style with tons of examples and suggestions for teachers of inclusion classrooms, Teacher's Survival Guide: The Inclusion Classroom addresses the most important issues new teachers face when working with students with disabilities. The book includes reproducible pages,...
Special Needs Advocacy Resource Book
What You Can Do Now to Advocate for Your Exceptional Child's Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Special Needs Advocacy Resource Book: What You Can Do Now to Advocate for Your Exceptional Child's Education is a unique handbook that teaches parents how to work with schools to achieve optimal learning situations and accommodations for their child's needs. From IEPs and 504 Plans, to IDEA and NCLB,...
Identifying Gifted Students
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Reading for Gifted Students
The Practical Strategies Series in Gifted Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Gifted readers, like other gifted students, need challenging opportunities that enable them to learn something new each day. Because gifted readers are those who read at least 2 years ahead of their chronological grade placement, teachers must effectively differentiate for these students in the classroom....
Handbook of School Counseling for Students with Gifts and Talents
Critical Issues for Programs and Services
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
The Handbook of School Counseling for Students With Gifts and Talents: Critical Issues for Programs and Services provides the definitive overview of research on the general knowledge that has been amassed regarding the psychology of gifted students, introducing the reader to the varied conceptions...
by Donna Ford
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Much has changed (and stayed the same) since the first edition of "Reversing Underachievement Among Gifted Black Students" was published in 1996. Although our nation and schools have changed racially and culturally, with more Black, Hispanic, and Asian students than ever before, our gifted...
Top Secret Files: Gangsters and Bootleggers
Secrets, Strange Tales, and Hidden Facts about the Roaring 20s
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Blind pigs, speakeasies, coffin varnish, and tarantula juice were all a part of the Roaring 20s. Making alcohol illegal didn't get rid of bars and taverns or crime bosses: They just went underground. Secret joints were in almost every large city and could be entered if you knew the right code words....
by Todd Stanley
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Performance-based assessments allow classroom teachers an alternative to traditional multiple-choice tests. We often use fill-in-the bubble assessments in education to determine the readiness of students. However, in the 21st-century workplace, these types of tests fail to truly prepare students....
Reluctant Disciplinarian
Advice on Classroom Management from a Softy Who Became (Eventually) a Successful Teacher
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
In this funny and insightful book, Gary Rubinstein relives his own truly disastrous first year of teaching. He begins his teaching career armed only with idealism and romantic visions of teachin--and absolutely no classroom management skills. By his fourth year, however, he is named his school's "Teacher...
College 101
A Girl's Guide to Freshman Year
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
College 101: A Girl's Guide to Freshman Year is a comprehensive and authentic guide for girls to everything related to the college process. Unlike other college guides, College 101 is written from the honest, humorous, and relatable first-person perspective of a young woman who recently experienced...