Authors:Frances Karnes Ph.D., Kristen Stephens Ph.D., Karen
Publisher: Prufrock Press
Keywords: gifted, strategies, practical, series, children, education, students, options, grouping, menu
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2005-06-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1593631928
ISBN-13: 9781593631925
From grouping by ability, to grouping by interest, to grouping by learning style, the use of grouping in the gifted and regular education classroom has proven to be a successful method of instruction for students. Grouping provides teachers with an effective means of providing gifted students with challenging coursework and access to advanced content, and gives students an avenue to create a peer group of other gifted students. Karen B. Rogers, a leader in the field of gifted education, provides teachers with practical advice for choosing a grouping option that best fits their students and inf
Author: Frances A. Karne
Publisher: Prufrock Pre
Keywords: gifted, series, education, strategies, practical, students, motivating
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2005-06-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1593630158
ISBN-13: 9781593630157
Motivating gifted students can present a challenge for any teacher. This book is packed with strategies and helpful tips to help you motivate your gifted learners. The authors offer specific ideas for making sure that the gifted children in your classroom stay engaged and excited about learning. Although gifted students are not normally considered at risk for academic failure, the seeming lack of motivation of many academically gifted students is a continuing area of concern and frustration for many teachers, parents, and counselors. Del Siegle and D. Betsy McCoach explore crucial issues such
Author: Jaime A. Castellano
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Keywords: gifted, diverse, learners, working, education, populations, special
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2002-10-10
List price: $70.40
ISBN-10: 0205359582
ISBN-13: 9780205359585
This unique text acknowledges and illuminates the reality that gifted students are from all backgrounds and that their talents transcend cultural, ethnic, and linguistic ties, handicapping condition, sexual orientation, poverty, and geography. In every possible sub-group of students there are those who are deserving of the benefits typically associated with gifted education programming. Special Populations in Gifted Education: Working with Diverse Gifted Learners reflects today’s student demographics and serves as a valuable resource tool to educators and administrators who choose to pro
Author: Sally Yahnke Walker Ph.D.
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Keywords: gifted, live, child, understand, kids, parents, survival, guide
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2002-05-15
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 1575421119
ISBN-13: 9781575421117
What does it mean to be "gifted"? What’s good?and not so good?about being identified as gifted? How can parents make sure that their gifted children get the learning opportunities they need? And how can parents cope with the unique challenges gifted kids present? Every parent of a gifted child has question like these. Since 1991, when we published the original edition of this guide, parents have looked here for answers. Now revised and updated with information about current research and legislation, new examples, new resources (including Web sites), and more, it’s the first place t
Author: Susan Winebrenner M.S.
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Keywords: gifted, meet, academic, talented, teacher, needs, strategies, kids, regular, classroom, teaching, techniques
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2001-01-15
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 1575423294
ISBN-13: 9781575423296
With 150,000 copies in print, the original Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom is a perennial best-seller. Teachers everywhere call it “the orange bible” and turn to it daily to make sure their gifted students are getting the learning opportunities they need and deserve. Since the first edition was published, author Susan Winebrenner has spent eight years using it with school districts, teachers, parents, and kids across the U.S. and the U.K. This revised, expanded, updated edition reflects her personal experiences and the changes that have taken place in education over t
Author: James H. Borland
Publisher: Teachers College Pre
Keywords: gifted, education, series, psychology, rethinking
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2003-05-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0807743046
ISBN-13: 9780807743041
This fresh and provocative volume contains essays by leading thinkers on gifted education and by writers outside the field who have examined it critically. Each author examines, reconsiders, and challenges the assumptions and beliefs underlying the theory and practice of gifted education - providing a "roadmap" to guide both current considerations of and future planning for gifted education programs.
Author: Joss Whedon
Publisher: Marvel
Keywords: gifted, vol, men, astonishing
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 2006-05-10
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 0785115315
ISBN-13: 9780785115311
Dream-team creators Joss Whedon (TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and John Cassaday (Planetary, Captain America) present the explosive flagship X-Men series - marking a return to classic greatness and the beginning of a brand-new era for the X-Men! Cyclops and Emma Frost re-form the X-Men with the express purpose of "astonishing" the world. But when breaking news regarding the mutant gene unexpectedly hits the airwaves, will it derail their new plans before they even get started? Collecting: Astonishing X-Men #1-6
