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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
Download full textBrandwein, Paul F., Ed.; Passow, A. Harry, Ed. – 1988
Thirty-four authors have joined to produce this book. Among them are natural and physical scientists, psychologists, historians, writers, scholars of curriculum and instruction, teacher educators, and teachers of the young. The contributors probe many methodologies including the place of unified concepts and processes; the interaction of the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Davis, Gary A.; Rimm, Sylvia B. – 2004
The new edition of this text provides updated views, events, and research findings, including a study of extraordinarily successful career women, more attention to gifted education in rural areas, counseling of gay students, and suicide prevention. Chapters have the following titles: (1) "Gifted Education: Matching Instruction with Needs"; (2)…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Careers
Tuttle, Frederick B., Jr.; And Others – 1988
The text focuses on identification criteria and characteristics of gifted and talented students in the context of educational programming. The section on characteristics discusses kinds of intelligence, indicators of giftedness, student characteristics that may pose difficulties for the classroom teacher (e.g., persistence, criticalness, and…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, Aptitude Tests
Klein, Susan S., Ed. – 1985
This handbook of collected papers is intended to aid in the achievement of sex equity in education, and in society through education. It is divided into six parts, each with a separate editor (or editors) and contains the following chapters: (1) Examining the Achievement of Sex Equity in and through Education (S. S. Klein, and others); (2)…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adult Education, Classroom Desegregation, Classroom Design
Frydenberg, Erica – 1997
Defining coping as the cognitive and behavioral strategies used to deal with the demands of everyday living, this book explores the research on how young people manage a range of life problems. Following an introduction discussing the particular aspects of adolescent coping behavior, motivation, and attitudes, the book is divided into eleven…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior
Fennema, Elizabeth, Ed.; Ayer, M. Jane, Ed. – 1984
Suitable for use in postsecondary courses in women's studies, curriculum theory, educational policy, or introductory educational administration, this book presents current scholarship on educational goals for women as well as the role and position of women in education. Twelve essays are presented in separate chapters. Chapter 1, an introduction…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Career Development, Curriculum Development
