Challenging Units for Gifted Learners

Author: Kenneth J. Smith
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000498107
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 211

Book Description
Gifted students have the potential to learn material earlier and faster, to handle more complexity and abstraction, and to solve complex problems better. This potential, however, needs stimulating experiences from home and school or it will not unfold. These books are designed to help teachers provide the stimulating curricula that will nurture this potential in school. The units presented in this series are based on research into how these students actually think differently from their peers and how they use their learning styles and potential not merely to develop intellectual expertise, but to move beyond expertise to the production of new ideas. The Math book includes units that ask students to develop a financial portfolio that includes high- and low-risk stocks, options and margins, AAA and junk bonds, mutual funds, and money markets; use math, science, engineering, technology, and art to design and build a miniature golf course; develop games based on probability; and run a real-life small business. Grades 6-8

Instructional Units for Gifted and Talented Learners

Author: Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented
Publisher: PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
ISBN: 1593630174
Category : Curriculum planning
Languages : en
Pages : 138

Book Description
13 ready-to-use instructional units that were designed and tested by classroom teachers and aligned with established national standards; cover all the core academic areas for grades K-6.

Challenging Units for Gifted Learners

Author: Kenneth J. Smith
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100049098X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
Gifted students have the potential to learn material earlier and faster, to handle more complexity and abstraction, and to solve complex problems better. This potential, however, needs stimulating experiences from home and school or it will not unfold. The books in the Challenging Units for Gifted Learners series are designed to help teachers provide the stimulating curricula that will nurture this potential in school. The units presented in this series are based on research into how these students actually think differently from their peers and how they use their learning styles and potential not merely to develop intellectual expertise, but to move beyond expertise to the production of new ideas. The Language Arts book includes units that ask students to develop strong personalities for their main characters while writing mysteries, to study Freud's psychoanalytic theory and then analyze a classic novel using what they've learned, to focus on writing from a specific point of view, and to increase their appreciation for poetry by studying famous poets. Grades 6-8

Project-based Learning for Gifted Students

Author: Todd Stanley
Publisher: Prufrock Press
ISBN: 9781593638306
Category : Gifted children
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Project-Based Learning for Gifted Students: A Handbook for the 21st-Century Classroom makes the case that project-based learning is ideal for the gifted classroom, focusing on student choice, teacher responsibility, and opportunities for differentiation. The book also guides teachers to create a project-based learning environment in their own classroom, walking them step-by-step through topics and processes such as linking projects with standards, finding the right structure, and creating a practical classroom environment. Project-Based Learning for Gifted Students also provides helpful examples and lessons that all teachers can use to get started.

Curriculum for Gifted and Talented Students

Author: Joyce VanTassel-Baska
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1483360962
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book 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.

Comprehensive Curriculum for Gifted Learners

Author: Joyce VanTassel-Baska
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 458

Book Description
Focuses on all the issues that teachers and administrators need to know about gifted learners. This text covers the process of curriculum development, adaptation of traditional content areas, and non-traditional curriculum areas like thinking, skills, leadership and the arts and humanities.

Math Curriculum for Gifted Students, Grade 3

Author: Center for Center for Gifted Education
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781618219909
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In Math Curriculum for Gifted Students (Grade 3), the 21 lessons cover mathematics content for grade 3 and are divided into five sections: number and operations in Base Ten, operations and algebraic thinking, number and operations-fractions, measurement and data, and geometry.

Effective Curriculum for Underserved Gifted Students

Author: Tamra Stambaugh
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781593638429
Category : Children of minorities
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Effective Curriculum for Underserved Gifted Students explains the need for a differentiated curriculum for gifted students typically underrepresented in gifted programs, including children of poverty and those who are from culturally and linguistically diverse populations. Features of research-based curriculum found to be effective in enhancing the academic achievement of these populations are highlighted. In addition, practical, evidence-based strategies for curriculum development and instruction are shared.

Challenging Units for Gifted Learners

Author: Kenneth J. Smith
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000491013
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
Gifted students have the potential to learn material earlier and faster, to handle more complexity and abstraction, and to solve complex problems better. This potential, however, needs stimulating experiences from home and school or it will not unfold. The books in the Challenging Units for Gifted Learners series are designed to help teachers provide the stimulating curricula that will nurture this potential in school. The units presented in this series are based on research into how these students actually think differently from their peers and how they use their learning styles and potential not merely to develop intellectual expertise, but to move beyond expertise to the production of new ideas. The Social Studies book includes units that ask students to explore the struggles of America's first permanent English settlement in Jamestown, to hold an African economic summit, to study various Supreme Court cases and primary source documents, and to create a Civil War documentary that views the war from the perspective of a person living in a particular state. Grades 6-8

Challenging Units for Gifted Learners

Author: Kenneth J. Smith
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000498115
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
Gifted students have the potential to learn material earlier and faster, to handle more abstraction, and to solve complex problems better. This potential, however, needs stimulating experiences from home and school or it will not unfold. These books are designed to help teachers provide the engaging curricula that will nurture this potential in school. The Science book includes a medical simulation in which teams of students work as doctors to diagnose patients' cases, a food science project in which students use a variety of information-gathering techniques to learn how nutrition impacts performance, a hands-on study of human memory and expertise, and a study of the physics of sports. Grades 6-8