Published by Pearson (August 27, 2013) © 2014
Gary Davis | Sylvia Rimm | Del SiegleFor courses in Giftedness, and Gifted/Talented Education.
This top-selling comprehensive text by leaders in the field presents the best practices in gifted education.
The sixth edition has been thoroughly revised, most notably with the latest research on acceleration, curriculum models, underachievement, culturally and economically disadvantaged students, gender issues, and dual exceptionalities. The content is further supported and enhanced by the inclusion of numerous practical strategies that can be implemented in the classroom, case studies that help teachers identify student needs, summaries of research on effective programs, emphasis on pedagogy and on social-emotional needs, heightened awareness of less visible sub-groups within gifted populations, and an amusing, witty writing style that adds to the appeal of this best-selling book.
Brief Contents
Chapter 1 Gifted Education: Matching Instruction with Needs
Chapter 2 Characteristics of Gifted Students
Chapter 3 Identifying Gifted and Talented Students
Chapter 4 Program Planning
Chapter 5 Acceleration
Chapter 6 Grouping Differentiation, and Enrichment
Chapter 7 Curriculum Models
Chapter 8 Creativity I: The Creative Person, Creative Process, and Creative Dramatics
Chapter 9 Creativity II: Teaching for Creative Growth
Chapter 10 Teaching Thinking Skills
Chapter 11 Leadership, Affective Learning, and Character Education
Chapter 12 Underachievement: Identification and Reversal
Chapter 13 Cultural Diversity and Children from Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds: The Invisible Gifted
Chapter 14 Gifted Children with Disabilities
Chapter 15 The Cultural Underachievement of Females
Chapter 16 Parenting the Gifted Child
Chapter 17 Understanding and Counseling Gifted Students
Chapter 18 Program Evaluation
References
Name Index
Subject Index