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Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Meet the Academic Needs of the Gifted and Talented (Revised and Updated Edition)

Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Meet the Academic Needs of the Gifted and Talented (Revised and Updated Edition)

by Susan Winebrenner

With 150,000 copies in print, the original TEACHING GIFTED KIDS 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... (more)

The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had

The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had

by Susan Wise Bauer

An engaging, accessible guide to educating yourself in the classical tradition. Surrounded by more books than ever, readers today are frequently daunted by the classics they have left unread. The Well-Educated Mind , debunking our own inferiority complexes, is a wonderful resource for anyone wishing to explore and develop the mind's capacity to read and comprehend the "greatest hits" in fiction,... (more)

Leading Minds: An Anatomy Of Leadership

by Howard E. Gardner

Leading Minds addresses a crucial and often ignored component of leadership -- the mind. What distinguishes the mind of an effective leader, and what is the mentality of his or her followers? Gardner links the study of creativity with the study of leadership to demonstrate the many similarities between traditional creators (artists and scientists) and leaders in business, politics and the military. He argues that... (more)

Re-Forming Gifted Education: How Parents and Teachers Can Match the Program to the Child

Re-Forming Gifted Education: How Parents and Teachers Can Match the Program to the Child

by Karen B. Rogers

This book is a real eye-opener for educators and parents unfamiliar with the full body of research in the field of curriculum for gifted education. Many current programs for gifted students are not adequate. Other programs do not fit the needs of particular gifted children. Rogers uses a solid base to explain to parents and educators what is needed in both cases. Various types of acceleration and enrichment,... (more)

How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition

How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition

by Rodney R. Cocking, John Bransford

(National Research Council) Text is a result of work of two committees of the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education of the National Research Council. Original volume, c1999, was a product of a 2-year study conducted by the Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning. Expands on the findings, conclusion, and research agenda of the original volume. Softcover.

The Gifted Kids Survival Guide: A Teen Handbook

The Gifted Kids Survival Guide: A Teen Handbook

by Judy Galbraith

First published in 1984, newly revised and updated, this book has helped countless young gifted children realize they're not alone and being smart, talented and creative is a bonus--not a burden. It answers their questions about why they think and learn the way they do, and what "giftedness" and IQ really mean, and how to handle high expectations.

Development of the creative individualJohn Curtis Gowan

Development of the creative individual

by John Curtis Gowan

Gifted Education: Exploratory Studies of Theory and PracticeVirgil S. Ward

Gifted Education: Exploratory Studies of Theory and Practice

by Virgil S. Ward

Gifted Grownups: The Mixed Blessings of Extraordinary Potential

Gifted Grownups: The Mixed Blessings of Extraordinary Potential

by Marylou Kelly Streznewski

What is it like to be smarter than 950f the people you meet? Fifty-four-year-old Alison says, "They told me I was smart and I cried. I wanted to be sexy, or glamorous!" Jean, 38, laments, "I learned the whole job in six weeks, and now I'm bored." Gifted Grownups , Marylou Kelly Streznewski's unprecedented, 10-year study of 100 gifted adults, examines how being identified as a "smart kid" early on affects... (more)

Raising Gifted Kids: Everything You Need to Know to Help Your Exceptional Child Thrive

Raising Gifted Kids: Everything You Need to Know to Help Your Exceptional Child Thrive

by Barbara Schave Klein

While it can be rewarding to raise an extremely bright child -- quick, curious, sensitive, and introspective -- it’s also a daunting challenge. Parents need insight into their own motivations (as well as those of their children), and the courage and ability to make tough decisions about their child’s development. Raising Gifted Kids will help parents understand and cope with the obstacles they face in... (more)

Gifted Kids Speak Out: Hundreds of Kids Ages 6-13 Talk About School, Friends, Their Families, and the Future

by James R. Delisle

Gr 4 Up In his introduction, Delisle writes that he hopes that his book will provide young readers with ``a feeling that you are not alone.'' The concern is vital, especially for the population and the age group that his book targets. De lisle has listened to kids, and the young voices speak out about understandings of giftedness; adult expectations of gift ed kids; parent, sibling, and peer rela tionships;... (more)

The Abilities of Gifted ChildrenEdwina D. Pendarvis, Aimee A. Howley, Craig B. Howley

The Abilities of Gifted Children

by Edwina D. Pendarvis

Whatever Happened to the Quiz Kids: The Perils and Profits of Growing Up Gifted

Whatever Happened to the Quiz Kids: The Perils and Profits of Growing Up Gifted

by Ruth Duskin Feldman

The Quiz Kids radio and television program was a national institution in the 1940s and 1950s. Did the Quiz Kids fulfill their youthful promise? What were the fruits — bitter and sweet — of their childhood experience? What are the lessons learned for gifted children today?

Notes from a scientist: Resources and activities for gifted children : some suggestions for parentsBeverly Taylor Sher