Educating Gifted Students in Middle School

A Practical Guide
3. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-61821-981-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 566 g

Educating Gifted Students in Middle School: A Practical Guide (3rd ed.) helps educators with the challenging task of understanding and meeting the needs of gifted students in middle school. This revised and updated third edition:

- Provides a rationale and framework that middle schools can use to fill the service gap for gifted and advanced learners.
- Addresses the needs of learners from diverse backgrounds.
- Shows how to implement effective program models.
- Identifies best practices for the classroom.
- Shares research-based curriculum models.

Topics addressed include school organization, instructional strategies in the basic subject areas, cocurricular and summer programs, the missing link of executive function skills, and counseling at-risk gifted learners. Educating Gifted Students in Middle School focuses on creative, practical, and realistic school solutions that create a vital and responsive community for all students.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rakow, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik Hochbegabtenförderung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments Preface to the Third Edition CHAPTER 1 Nature and Needs of Gifted Middle School Students CHAPTER 2 Diverse Populations of Gifted Learners CHAPTER 3 Anxiety, Depression, Underachievement, and Executive Function Skills CHAPTER 4 Special Notes for Gifted Intervention Specialists, Counselors, and Administrators CHAPTER 5 National Reform Movements and Trends CHAPTER 6 Organizational Structures and Program Models: Developing a Continuum of Services CHAPTER 7 Curricular and Instructional Strategies CHAPTER 8 Differentiating Instruction: A Supplement to, Not a Substitute for, Gifted Programming CHAPTER 9 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math CHAPTER 10 Focus on the Humanities: The Arts, Social Studies, and Literacy CHAPTER 11 Outside the Box: Competitions, Summer Programs, and More References APPENDIX A NMSA/NAGC Joint Position Statement APPENDIX B Curriculum Review Checklist APPENDIX C Sycamore School Middle School Reading Strategies and Skills About the Author

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Rakow, Ph.D., LPCC, is currently a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor specializing in work with gifted children/teens and families at the Family Achievement Clinic directed by Dr. Sylvia Rimm.