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Maccagnano, Ann Marie – Corwin Press, 2007
Educators can identify children's strengths early on and gain insight into each student's unique abilities by using the numerous ideas and informal assessments in this exciting guide. Gifted and talented specialist Ann Maccagnano offers K-8 teachers challenging activities and engaging lessons to develop and nurture gifted learners' talents.…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Writing Skills, Skill Development, Spatial Ability
1994
This collection of articles abnout gifted and talented preschool and elementary students begins with background information on the program and philosophy for young students at the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University (Maryland). The following articles are then presented: "Some Thought for Parents of Very Young Gifted…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Educational Needs, Educational Strategies
Callard-Szulgit, Rosemary – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2005
As the educational system extends its resources and efforts to help make schools and classrooms more accessible to handicapped and special education students, teachers are finding themselves overwhelmed with increased demands, overcrowding, and lack of adequate training in managing all the necessary demands of an inclusion classroom.…
Descriptors: International Baccalaureate, Resource Materials, Academically Gifted, Creative Thinking
Lazear, David – 2000
This guide offers teaching models based on the theory of multiple intelligences (MI) and applies these models to the design of lessons that address the unique learning needs of all students. The first chapter makes the case for integrating MI into the curriculum. The second chapter describes the capacities of the various intelligences. Chapters 3…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Curriculum Based Assessment, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Morley, Dave; Bailey, Richard – David Fulton Publishers, 2006
This book provides specific guidance on: (1) Recognising High Ability and Multiple Intelligences Planning; (2) Differentiation and Extension/ enrichment in P.E./Sports Studies; (3) Teacher Questioning Skills; (4) Support for More Able Pupils with Learning Difficulties (Dyslexics, ADHD, Sensory Impairment); (5) Homework Recording and Assessment;…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Homework, Multiple Intelligences, Student Needs
Szabo, Susan, Ed.; Morrison, Timothy, Ed.; Martin, Linda, Ed.; Boggs, Merry, Ed.; Raine, I. LaVerne, Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2010
For its 53rd annual meeting, the Association of Educators and Researchers met in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Marriott Charlotte City Center. This year's conference theme was "Building Literacy Communities", which was also used as the title for this year's Yearbook, Volume 32. This organization has long been the home of some of the nation's…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Influence of Technology, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Moon, Sidney M., Ed.; Reis, Sally M., Ed. – Corwin Press, 2004
Focusing on the social and emotional characteristics of gifted students in general, and underachievers in particular, the sixteen articles in this ready-reference also provide an introduction to appropriate counseling methods for the gifted. Key features include: (1) Expert Sidney M. Moon's comprehensive analysis of some of the most influential…
Descriptors: Underachievement, Student Attitudes, Emotional Adjustment, Adolescents
Renzulli, Joseph S.; Reis, Sally M. – 1997
This book provides a detailed guide to implementing the Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM), a research-supported model originating in special programs for gifted and talented students but not extended to school improvement across the full range of school types, levels, and demographic differences. Individual chapters address the following topics:…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1980
The twenty-four articles in this collection focus on the problems presented by the increasing numbers of exceptional students with whom the English classroom teacher must deal: physically, emotionally, and mentally handicapped; nonnative speakers of English; nontraditional students; speakers of nonstandard dialects; the gifted and talented; and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, English Instruction, English (Second Language), Hearing Impairments
Thornton, Carol A., Ed.; Bley, Nancy S., Ed. – 1994
This book is a professional resource for both regular classroom and special education teachers who work with students with disabilities in mathematics or students who are gifted or talented in mathematics. Included are 21 chapters, each written by specialists in different aspects of working with students with special needs. The book is divided…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Style, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Gallagher, James J., Ed; Reis, Sally M., Ed. – Corwin Press, 2004
Raising some of the most challenging questions in the field, this call-to-arms focuses on the important services gifted programs provide, the potential crisis gifted educators face, and what must be done to keep the gifted child movement alive and well. Key features include: (1) James J. Gallagher's unflinching account of the issues that continue…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Teaching Methods, Public Policy, Employment Practices
Martin, Anne – 1981
Methods of eliciting writing from children are explored in this monograph, which includes samples of nine- and ten-year-old students' writing. The monograph offers four recommendations for improving writing skills: make writing a daily activity; take children's writing seriously; maintain flexible standards of form and language; and identify group…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Grade 4
Alf, Herb, Ed. – 1981
Edited proceedings from the Conference for Talent Development for Environmental Careers (Washington, DC, August 1979), focusing on pre-professional, environmental career experience programs for gifted elementary/secondary school students, are presented in this nine-section book. Each section includes a brief overview of the papers relating to the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Education, Career Exploration, Careers
Coleman, Laurence J.; Cross, Tracy L. – 2001
This book reviews past developments within the field of gifted education and identifies the current trends, issues, and beliefs to be faced in the 21st century. The book is organized to provide a framework for those who are responsible for nurturing the development of gifts and talents in the home, school, and community. Specific chapters address:…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Classification, Coping
Leonard, Phyllis B. – 1998
School library media specialists play a special role in the education of gifted students, particularly in the use of literature across the curriculum. The CUES program, developed for gifted students, actively promotes the reading/curriculum connection, thus providing an invaluable model for all educators. Calling for structured interaction between…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cooperative Learning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary Education
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