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Teaching Students With Gifts and Talents
A Practical Guide for Every Teacher
- Bob Algozzine - University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
- Jim Ysseldyke - University of Minnesota, USA
May 2006 | 120 pages | Corwin
Students who are gifted and/or talented are known more for their contributions and potential contributions than any other group of students. Meeting the educational needs of these students, however, can be a tremendous challenge for those who teach them. In Teaching Students With Gifts and Talents, Bob Algozzine and Jim Ysseldyke offer educators helpful information for identifying gifted and talented students, and present effective approaches - enrichment and acceleration - to ensure that these exceptional students are constantly challenged and engaged.
Highlights include:
o A pre-test and post-test to help readers assess their understanding of giftedness and how the needs of gifted and talented students are best addressed
o Cognitive, academic, communicational, physical, and behavioural characteristics that are associated with high-ability learners
o Effective approaches and activities to keep gifted and talented students motivated and reaching ever-higher levels of achievement
o Key vocabulary terms
About A Practical Approach to Special Education for Every Teacher
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Self-Assessment I
Introduction to Teaching Students With Gifts and Talents
1.Which Students Do We Consider Gifted and/or Talented?
2.What Characteristics Are Associated With Gifts and Talents?
3.What Should Every Teacher Know About Teaching Students With Gifts and Talents?
4.What Trends or Issues Influence How We Teach Students With Gifts and Talents?
5.Gifts and Talents in Perspective
6. What Have We Learned?
Resources
References
Index