Gifted Education : Promising Practices

by Smutny, Joan Franklin

• ISBN13: 9780873678452
• ISBN10: 0873678451
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Phi Delta Kappa Intl Inc

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(5)
Sandra L. Berger
Historical Perspectives	5	(16)
``Nature'' Versus ``Nurture''	5	(2)
Challenges to Single-Score Intelligence	7	(4)
A Developmental View of Giftedness	11	(1)
Personality Characteristics	12	(3)
Creativity	15	(1)
Cultural Differences	16	(1)
Concluding Thoughts	17	(1)
Notes	18	(3)
Identifying Gifted Children	21	(14)
Identification Challenges	21	(2)
Promising Identification Strategies	23	(4)
Identification of Nontraditional Gifted Students	27	(5)
Concluding Thoughts	32	(1)
Notes	33	(2)
Program Options for Preprimary and Primary Students	35	(20)
Identification Issues	36	(1)
Learning Needs	37	(4)
Program Models	41	(6)
Teaching Strategies for Heterogeneous Classrooms	47	(4)
Concluding Thoughts	51	(1)
Notes	52	(3)
Program Options for Elementary and Secondary Students	55	(18)
Acceleration	57	(3)
Enrichment	60	(3)
Differentiated Curriculum	63	(4)
Casting a Wider Net	67	(2)
Concluding Thoughts	69	(1)
Notes	70	(3)
Understanding and Serving Creatively Gifted Students	73	(20)
The Nature of Creativity	73	(7)
Strategies for Developing Creative and Artistic Ability	80	(3)
Integrating the Arts into the Curriculum	83	(5)
Concluding Thoughts	88	(1)
Notes	89	(4)
Meeting the Needs of Gifted Girls	93	(18)
Common Problems	94	(3)
Identification	97	(2)
Strategies for Nurturing Talent	99	(5)
Broadening Support	104	(3)
Concluding Thoughts	107	(1)
Notes	108	(3)
Culturally Different and Disadvantaged Gifted Children	111	(18)
Cultural Bias in Testing	112	(3)
Alternative Selection Methods	115	(2)
Minority Gifted Programs: Assimilation Versus Cultural Pluralism	117	(1)
Cultural Strengths	118	(3)
Parent and Community Involvement	121	(2)
Looking Ahead	123	(1)
Concluding Thoughts	124	(1)
Notes	125	(4)
Underachievement Among the Gifted	129	(16)
Underachievement Defined	130	(1)
Common Characteristics	131	(2)
Causes of Underachievement	133	(1)
Promising Approaches to Improving Achievement	134	(6)
The Importance of Advocacy	140	(1)
Concluding Thoughts	141	(1)
Notes	141	(4)
Program Planning	145	(18)
Planning	145	(2)
Program Philosophy and Goals	147	(1)
Target Population	148	(1)
Admission Criteria	149	(1)
Budget	150	(2)
Program Design	152	(1)
Staff Responsibilities	153	(1)
Support Services and Inservice Training	154	(1)
Program Evaluation	155	(2)
Building Program Support	157	(3)
Concluding Thoughts	160	(1)
Notes	160	(3)
Program Evaluation	163	(18)
Evaluation Focus	164	(1)
Student-Focused Evaluation	165	(1)
Practitioner-Focused Evaluation	166	(1)
Administrator-Focused Evaluation	167	(2)
Investigative Evaluation	169	(1)
Responsive Evaluation	170	(1)
Considering the Evaluation Models	171	(1)
Informal Evaluation	172	(2)
Formal Evaluation	174	(1)
A Five-Year Evaluation Schedule	175	(3)
Concluding Thoughts	178	(1)
Notes	179	(2)
Appendices	181	(20)
A. Organizations	183	(2)
B. Journals and Magazines	185	(2)
C. Publishers and Suppliers	187	(10)
D. Additional Websites	197	(2)
E. Tests	199	(2)
About the Author	201