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9781412904292

Grouping and Acceleration Practices in Gifted Education

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-03-06
  • Publisher: Corwin Pr

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Summary

Various forms of grouping and acceleration are studied in this volume, along with recommendations for implementation that will ensure appropriately challenging educational opportunities for gifted students.

Table of Contents

About the Editors vii
Series Introduction
Sally M. Reis
ix
Introduction to Grouping and Acceleration Practices in Gifted Education xxiii
Linda E. Brody
1. How Did Six Highly Accelerated Gifted Students Fare in Graduate School?
1(2)
Julian C. Stanley
2. Five Years of Early Entrants: Predicting Successful Achievement in College
3(10)
Linda E. Brody, Susan G. Assouline, and Julian C. Stanley
3. The Use of Radical Acceleration in Cases of Extreme Intellectual Precocity
13(20)
Miraca U.M. Gross
4. The Use of Subject and Grade Skipping for the Prevention and Reversal of Underachievement
33(14)
Sylvia B. Rimm, Katherine J. Lovance
5. The Impact of Early Entrance to College on Self-Esteem: A Preliminary Study
47(10)
Ann E. Lupkowski, Marjorie Whitmore, and Annette Ramsay
6. Accelerative Strategies: How Effective Are They for the Gifted?
57(12)
Linda E. Brody, Camilla Persson Benbow
7. Educational Decision Making on Acceleration and Grouping
69(12)
Joyce VanTassel-Baska
8. Grouping Gifted Students: Issues and Concerns
81(10)
John F. Feldhusen, Sidney M. Moon
9. Cooperative Learning and Ability Grouping: An Issue of Choice
91(14)
Carol J. Mills, William G. Durden
10. Meta-analytic Findings on Grouping Programs 105(10)
James A. Kulik, Chen-Lin C. Kulik
11. An Investigation of the Effects of Total School Flexible Cluster Grouping on Identification, Achievement, and Classroom Practices 115(32)
Marcia Gentry, Steven V. Owen
12. Programming, Grouping, and Acceleration in Rural School Districts: A Survey of Attitudes and Practices 147(14)
Eric D. Jones, W. Thomas Southern
Index 161

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