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Grouping and Acceleration Practices in Gifted Education
Edited by:
- Linda E. Brody - Johns Hopkins University, USA
- Sally M. Reis, Series Editor - National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
May 2004 | 208 pages | Corwin
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.
About the Editors
Sally M. Reis
Series Introduction
Linda E. Brody
Introduction to Grouping and Acceleration Practices in Gifted Education
Julian C. Stanley
1. How Did Six Highly Accelerated Gifted Students Fare in Graduate School?
Linda E. Brody, Susan G. Assouline, and Julian C. Stanley
2. Five Years of Early Entrants: Predicting Successful Achievement in College
Miraca U. M. Gross
3. The Use of Radical Acceleration in Cases of Extreme Intellectual Precocity
Sylvia B. Rimm, Katherine J. Lovance
4. The Use of Subject and Grade Skipping for the Prevention and Reversal of Underachievement
Ann E. Lupkowski, Marjorie Whitmore, and Annetta Ramsay
5. The Impact of Early Entrance to College on Self-Esteem: A Preliminary Study
Linda E. Brody, Camilla Persson Benbow
6. Accelerative Strategies: How Effective Are They for the Gifted?
Joyce VanTassel-Baska
7. Educational Decision Making on Acceleration and Grouping
John F. Feldhusen, Sidney M. Moon
8. Grouping Gifted Students: Issues and Concerns
Carol J. Mills, William G. Durden
9. Cooperative Learning and Ability Grouping: An Issue of Choice
James A. Kulik, Chen-Lin C. Kulik
10. Meta-analytic Findings on Grouping Programs
Marcia Gentry, Steven V. Owen
11. An Investigation of the Effects of Total School Flexible Cluster Grouping on Identification, Achievement, and Classroom Practices
Eric D. Jones, W. Thomas Southern
12. Programming, Grouping, and Acceleration in Rural School Districts: A Survey of Attitudes and Practices
Index
