Comprehensive Curriculum for Gifted Learners

Comprehensive Curriculum for Gifted Learners
Author: Joyce VanTassel-Baska
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 458
Release: 1994
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

Focuses on all the issues that teachers and administrators need to know about gifted learners. This text covers the process of curriculum development, adaptation of traditional content areas, and non-traditional curriculum areas like thinking, skills, leadership and the arts and humanities.

Curriculum for Gifted and Talented Students

Curriculum for Gifted and Talented Students
Author: Joyce VanTassel-Baska
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2003-11-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483360962

The expert guide to the major issues, the chief trends, and the most effective models and solutions for gifted and talented curriculum! Designed in a straightforward, no-nonsense fashion with the busy educator in mind, Curriculum for Gifted and Talented Students presents the areas of the most significance, most interest, and most debate in gifted education today. Key features include: An astute and comprehensive overview by editor and leader within the field, Joyce VanTassel-Baska Eleven influential articles at the core of curriculum for the gifted Visionary projections of future trends in curriculum development Examples and suggestions for putting research findings to use in practice This ready reference offers the guidance, the pragmatic application, and the insight of top authorities, empowering decision makers with all the tools they need to shape a successful and enriching curriculum for gifted students. The ERGE Series: The National Association for Gifted Children series Essential Readings in Gifted Education is a 12 volume collection of seminal articles from Gifted Child Quarterly. Put the knowledge and power of more than 25 years of research on giftedness and talent into your hands with the leading theories, studies, and findings the experts in the field have to offer.

Instructional Units for Gifted and Talented Learners

Instructional Units for Gifted and Talented Learners
Author: Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented
Publisher: PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2004
Genre: Curriculum planning
ISBN: 1593630174

13 ready-to-use instructional units that were designed and tested by classroom teachers and aligned with established national standards; cover all the core academic areas for grades K-6.

Effective Curriculum for Underserved Gifted Students

Effective Curriculum for Underserved Gifted Students
Author: Tamra Stambaugh
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Children of minorities
ISBN: 9781593638429

Effective Curriculum for Underserved Gifted Students explains the need for a differentiated curriculum for gifted students typically underrepresented in gifted programs, including children of poverty and those who are from culturally and linguistically diverse populations. Features of research-based curriculum found to be effective in enhancing the academic achievement of these populations are highlighted. In addition, practical, evidence-based strategies for curriculum development and instruction are shared.

Fundamentals of Gifted Education

Fundamentals of Gifted Education
Author: Carolyn M. Callahan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2017-08-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317275667

The field of gifted education is characterized by a perplexing array of perspectives concerning such fundamental issues as definition, identification, curriculum, social and emotional development, and underserved populations. Fundamentals of Gifted Education provides a coherent framework for planning effective programs, providing appropriate educational services, and evaluating programs for the gifted. Parts are organized around fundamental issues confronting the field and follow a common structure: an introductory chapter that provides an overview of the theme of that part as well as guiding points and questions for the reader followed by representative point-of-view chapters written by leading experts that provide varied perspectives on the topic at hand.

Academic Advocacy for Gifted Children

Academic Advocacy for Gifted Children
Author: Barbara Jackson Gilman
Publisher: Great Potential Press, Inc.
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN: 091070788X

Formerly titled Empowering Gifted Minds: Educational Advocacy That Works, this book is the definitive manual on gifted advocacy for gifted students. The author tells parents and teachers how to document a child's abilities to provide reasonable educational options year by year.

Best Practices in Gifted Education

Best Practices in Gifted Education
Author: Ann Robinson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2021-09-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000490688

A gifted education Legacy Award winner, Best Practices in Gifted Education provides concise, up-to-date, research-based advice to educators, administrators, and parents of gifted and talented youth. The 29 practices included in this volume are the result of an extensive examination of educational research on what works with talented youth. The interest in culturally diverse and low-income learners, the means to identify talents, and the need for curriculum that appropriately challenges high-ability youth constitute just a few of the 29 practices. Each practice is organized into a chapter containing two sections: What We Know and What We Can Do. The first section briefly describes the practice and summarizes the research. The second section suggests what course of action a parent, teacher, or administrator might take at home, in the classroom, or at school. The book is a must-have for those who want a guide that makes a connection between research and practical action in gifted education. A service publication of the National Association for Gifted Children (Washington, DC). This designation indicates that this book has been jointly developed with NAGC and that this book passes the highest standards of scholarship, research, and practice.

Leading Change in Gifted Education

Leading Change in Gifted Education
Author: Joyce VanTassel-Baska
Publisher:
Total Pages: 606
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781593633769

Honoring the leadership of Dr. Joyce Van Tassel-Baska, this book includes major strands of work central to defining the field of gifted education and discusses relevant trends and issues that have shaped or will shape the field. This comprehensive resource outlines three major sections: conceptions in gifted education such as intelligence, creativity, and eminence; linkage of theory to practice through curriculum and instruction, professional development, and assessment; and the infrastructure of gifted education that relies on research, policy, and leadership directions within and outside the field. Showcasing contributions from leading senior scholars in gifted education, this book is sure to be an invaluable resource for policymakers, scholars, researchers, and practitioners who are interested in research-based practices to better serve gifted students.

Designing Services and Programs for High-Ability Learners

Designing Services and Programs for High-Ability Learners
Author: Jeanne H. Purcell
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412926173

THE comprehensive guide to establishing or strengthening a gifted program! Whether you are developing a new program from the ground up or need to restructure an existing one, Designing Services and Programs for High-Ability Learners will help you every step of the way with detailed guidelines, practical tips, templates, action plans, and suggestions for strategic planning teams as well as for the sole practitioner. Consolidating the sage advice and up-to-date research of 29 leaders in the field, this comprehensive and highly practical guide takes the guesswork out of providing appropriate services and programming for high-ability students from elementary through high school. Each chapter addresses a key feature of gifted programming, from identification to evaluation and advocacy, and includes Definition, Rationale, and Guiding Principles of the key feature Attributes That Define High Quality for assessing effectiveness Flawed Example of the key feature and strategies to improve the example Revised Example, illustrating implementation of high-quality attributes Strategic Plan for Designing or Remodeling the key feature, delineating the steps involved Template for Getting Started, helping you take the first steps of a complex process Must-Read Resources Informed planning allows you to tailor services to the specific needs of your students, whether youa're in a rural, urban, or suburban community. Superintendents, administrators, teachers, and advocates will find Designing Services and Programs for High-Ability Learners invaluable in defending, developing, and monitoring high quality gifted services and programs.