Curriculum for Gifted and Talented Students

Joyce VanTassel-Baska - College of William and Mary, USA
Sally M. Reis - National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
Curriculum for Gifted and Talented Students
November 2003 | 208 pages | Corwin
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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.

Contents

About the Editors

About the Editors

Series Introduction

Series Introduction

Introduction to Curriculum for the Gifted

Introduction to Curriculum for the Gifted

1. Effective Curriculum and Instructional Models for Talented Students

1. Effective Curriculum and Instructional Models for Talented Students

2. Interview With Dr. A. Harry Passow

2. Interview With Dr. A. Harry Passow

3. Developing Scope and Sequence in Curriculum

3. Developing Scope and Sequence in Curriculum

4. Myth: There is a Single Curriculum for the Gifted

4. Myth: There is a Single Curriculum for the Gifted

5. What Makes a Problem Real: Stalking the Illusive Meaning of Qualitative Differences in Gifted Education

5. What Makes a Problem Real: Stalking the Illusive Meaning of Qualitative Differences in Gifted Education

6. A General Theory for the Development of Creative Productivity Through the Pursuit of Ideal Acts of Learning

6. A General Theory for the Development of Creative Productivity Through the Pursuit of Ideal Acts of Learning

7. The Interdisciplinary Concept Model: Theory and Practice

7. The Interdisciplinary Concept Model: Theory and Practice

8. Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented at the Secondary Level

8. Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented at the Secondary Level

9. The Multiple Menu Model for Developing Differentiated Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented

9. The Multiple Menu Model for Developing Differentiated Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented

10. A Mathematics Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented

10. A Mathematics Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented

11. A National Study of Science Curriculum Effectiveness With High Ability Students

11. A National Study of Science Curriculum Effectiveness With High Ability Students

Index

Index

Description

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.

Contents

About the Editors

About the Editors

Series Introduction

Series Introduction

Introduction to Curriculum for the Gifted

Introduction to Curriculum for the Gifted

1. Effective Curriculum and Instructional Models for Talented Students

1. Effective Curriculum and Instructional Models for Talented Students

2. Interview With Dr. A. Harry Passow

2. Interview With Dr. A. Harry Passow

3. Developing Scope and Sequence in Curriculum

3. Developing Scope and Sequence in Curriculum

4. Myth: There is a Single Curriculum for the Gifted

4. Myth: There is a Single Curriculum for the Gifted

5. What Makes a Problem Real: Stalking the Illusive Meaning of Qualitative Differences in Gifted Education

5. What Makes a Problem Real: Stalking the Illusive Meaning of Qualitative Differences in Gifted Education

6. A General Theory for the Development of Creative Productivity Through the Pursuit of Ideal Acts of Learning

6. A General Theory for the Development of Creative Productivity Through the Pursuit of Ideal Acts of Learning

7. The Interdisciplinary Concept Model: Theory and Practice

7. The Interdisciplinary Concept Model: Theory and Practice

8. Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented at the Secondary Level

8. Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented at the Secondary Level

9. The Multiple Menu Model for Developing Differentiated Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented

9. The Multiple Menu Model for Developing Differentiated Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented

10. A Mathematics Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented

10. A Mathematics Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented

11. A National Study of Science Curriculum Effectiveness With High Ability Students

11. A National Study of Science Curriculum Effectiveness With High Ability Students

Index

Index

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Curriculum for Gifted and Talented Students


November 2003 | 208 pages | Corwin

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Paperback 28/04/2023 9780761988748 $39.95
Lifetime 28/04/2023 9781483360966 $36.00

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.


Table Of Contents:

  • About the Editors
  • Series Introduction
  • Introduction to Curriculum for the Gifted
  • 1. Effective Curriculum and Instructional Models for Talented Students
  • 2. Interview With Dr. A. Harry Passow
  • 3. Developing Scope and Sequence in Curriculum
  • 4. Myth: There is a Single Curriculum for the Gifted
  • 5. What Makes a Problem Real: Stalking the Illusive Meaning of Qualitative Differences in Gifted Education
  • 6. A General Theory for the Development of Creative Productivity Through the Pursuit of Ideal Acts of Learning
  • 7. The Interdisciplinary Concept Model: Theory and Practice
  • 8. Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented at the Secondary Level
  • 9. The Multiple Menu Model for Developing Differentiated Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented
  • 10. A Mathematics Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented
  • 11. A National Study of Science Curriculum Effectiveness With High Ability Students
  • Index

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