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- Best Practices in Gifted Education: An
Evidence-Based Guide, $39.95
(Ann Robinson, Bruce Shore,
& Donna Enerson)
2007 Prufrock Press
ISBN: 1-59363-210-X
Provides concise, up-to-date, research-based advice
to educators, administrators, and parents of gifted
and talented youth. The 29 practices included
in this volume are the result of an extensive
examination of educational research on what works
with talented youth. The interest in
culturally diverse and low-income learners, the
means to identify talents and the need for
curriculum that appropriately challenges
high-ability youth constitute just a few of the 29
practices.
- Parenting Gifted Kids: Tips for
Raising Happy and Successful Children, $16.95
James R. Delisle
2006, Prufrock Press
ISBN: 1-59363-179-0
Provides a humorous, engaging, and encouraging look at raising
gifted children today. Jim Delisle
offers practical, down-to-earth advice that will
cause parents to reexamine the ways they perceive
and relate to their children.
- Re-forming Gifted Education: Matching
the Program to the Child Karen B. Rogers,
Ph.D.
2002, Great Potential Press, $29.95
ISBN: 0-910707-46-4
From her analysis of research that spans a full
century, Dr. Rogers presents information in an
easily understood format on various types of
giftedness, as well as options for school
enrichment and acceleration. She reports the
effectiveness for each option according to the
research. From her years of experience
consulting with schools, she shows parents and
teachers practical ways to design ongoing programs
that best meet the needs of bright children.
- Special Populations in Gifted Education: Understanding
Our Most Able Students from Diverse Backgrounds, $79.95
Jaime Castellano
2002, Pearson Allyn & Bacon
ISBN: 0205359582
Thinkers within the field and without are
questioning the practice of gifted education, the
theoretical foundations on which this practice
rests, and even the value and legitimacy of the
concept of giftedness. This fresh and provocative
volume contains essays by leading thinkers on
gifted education and by writers outside the field
who have examined it critically.
- Teaching Gifted Kids in Today’s Classroom: Strategies and
Techniques Every Teacher Can Use, Revised and Updated 3rd Ed. –
book and CD-ROM), $39.99
Susan Winebrenner
2012, Free Spirit Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-57542-395-1
Fully revised and updated for a
new generation of educators, this “orange bible” is the
definitive guide to meeting the learning needs of gifted
students in the mixed-abilities classroom. Designed to support gifted
education opportunities already available in your
district, it can be used by teachers of all grades
and any level of experience.
- The Differentiated Classroom:
Responding to the Needs of All Learners, $21.95
Carol Ann Tomlinson
1999
ISBN: ISBN 0-087120-342-1
Carol Ann Tomlinson describes a way of thinking
about teaching and learning that will change all
aspects of how you approach students and your
classroom. She looks to the latest research
on learning, education, and change for the
theoretical basis of differentiated instruction and
why it's so important to today's children.
Yet she offers more than theory, filling the pages
with real-life examples.
- The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted
Kids, : How to Understand, Live With, and Stick Up for Your
Gifted Child
Sally Yahnke Walker, Ph.D.
2002, Amazon
ISBN: 1-57542-111-9
"What does it mean to be 'gifted'? What's
good and not-so-good about being identified as
gifted? How can parents make sure their
gifted children get the learning opportunities they
need? How can parents cope with the unique
challenges gifted kids present?"
- Tengo Un Hijo Superinteligente Como Le Ayudo: Guia De
Supervivencia Para Padres De Ninos Superdotados / The Survival
Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids (Spanish Edition) (Sally Yahnke
Walker), 2004, Panorama Mexico, Available from Amazon starting
at $27.25, ISBN 978-9-683813-45-9
- They Say My Kid's Gifted: Now
What?, $29.99
F. Richard Olenchak, Ph.D.
1998, Prufrock Press
ISBN: 978-1-882664-44-3
This handbook offers a jargon-free introduction to working with
schools to help ensure a quality education experience for gifted
kids. It also offers teachers an excellent resource to recommend
to parents seeking more information about gifted education.
- Young, Gifted, and Black: Promoting High
Achievement Among African-American
Students
Theresa Perry, Claude Steele, & Asa Hilliard
III
2003, Beacon Press $16.50
ISBN 978-0807031056
Three black educators join forces to focus on
improving the educational experiences of African
American children in schools. They examine
programs in which black students excel and
identify the characteristics of teachers that
make them successful.