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Engineering Instruction for High-Ability Learners in K-8 Classrooms is an application-based practitioners' guide to applied engineering that is grounded in engineering practices found in the new Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Standards for Engineering Education.

This book shows Pre-K-12 education leaders how to develop partnerships, identify professional development outcomes, design learning activities, plan and implement comprehensive training programs, and evaluate the effectiveness of professional development activities.

Grounded in decades of research, the Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM) has been successfully implemented at hundreds of schools across the world. Now, The Schoolwide Enrichment Model in Science: A Hands-on Approach for Engaging Young Scientists takes high-engagement learning one step further by applying SEM teaching strategies to the science

By incorporating the 2013 NAGC/CEC Teacher Preparation Standards in Gifted and Talented Education, this guidebook helps university faculty at the undergraduate and graduate levels design or revise gifted education programs and partner with other educators in developing gifted education teachers.

The HOPE Teacher Rating Scale is designed to help guide teachers in identifying gifted students for programming. This instrument is a must-have for any administrator or gifted-program coordinator involved in student identification. Grades K-12

The Handbook of Secondary Gifted Education offers an in-depth, research-based look at ways schools and classrooms can support the development of gifted adolescents.

The newly revised and updated fourth edition of Methods and Materials for Teaching the Gifted is an excellent introduction to gifted education and real-world learning. The chapters of this comprehensive textbook are written by respected leaders in the field of gifted education.

Based on a multiple talent approach to the identification of gifted students, fourteen scales help identify student strengths in the following areas: learning, motivation, creativity, leadership, art, music, dramatics, planning, communication (precision and expression), mathematics, reading, science, and technology. 100 Booklets

Reflect and Write will encourage students to read, relate to, and respond to modern verse and inspiring photographs both verbally and in writing.

The rich history of the U.S. Supreme Court affects everyone-so why just lecture about the landmark court decisions when you can engage students in the cases that changed the course of history?Grades 7-12

This third edition of the widely popular Talented Children and Adults: Their Development and Education has been revised to include the most up-to-date information on talent development. Written by a nationally recognized author in the field of gifted education, this textbook explores the factors that encourage talent development from birth t

This wonderful teaching resource offers a complete approach to creating a classroom of enthusiastic, skilled student writers. Written by teachers for teachers, this volume is rich in valuable practical instructional materials to get your students writing like experts. Grades 2-6

A Field Guide to Gifted Students is a practical manual to the unique characteristics of gifted and advanced learners. Readers will understand how to identify giftedness and related traits, including twice-exceptionality, introversion and extroversion, perfectionism, sensitivity, and intuitiveness..

Critical Issues and Practices in Gifted Education is the definitive reference for a summary and evaluation of the literature on giftedness, gifted education, and talent development.

In use since 1976 and based on a multiple talent approach to the identification of gifted students, 14 teacher rating scales help identify student strengths in the following areas: learning, motivation, creativity, leadership, art, music, dramatics, planning, communication (precision and expression), mathematics, reading, science, and technology.

Give students the ability to solve their problems and you'll give them a skill they'll use for life. This book presents Creative Problem Solving in a step-by-step manner young children can understand and enjoy. Use CPS to solve the problems of the Three Little Pigs, Rapunzel, the Frog Prince, and much more. Grades 2-4

What is salience? This collection addresses this neglected question by considering the role of salience in a wide variety of areas. All 13 chapters are specially commissioned, and written by an international team of contributors.

The first volume of Stanislavski's enduring trilogy on the art of acting defines the "System," a means of mastering the craft of acting and of stimulating the actor's individual creativeness and imagination.

Covers producers and users of goods and services in these areas of environmental concern: water; air; solid waste; hazardous waste; noise vibration; and, energy. This work contains information, including names and addresses, for more than 20,000 companies from the 20 countries of Western Europe.

The completely revised and updated fifth edition of Methods and Materials for Teaching the Gifted provides a comprehensive examination of the most current research and best practices in the field of gifted education. Chapter authors are recognized researchers, practitioners, and leaders in the field of gifted education.

Now regarded as a classic, Boys in White is of vital interest to medical educators and sociologists.By daily interviews and observations in classes, wards, laboratories, and operating theaters, the team of sociologists who carried out this firsthand research have not only captured the worries, cynicism, and basic idealism of medical students.

"Building a Character," the second volume in Stanislavski's acclaimed trilogy, continues the total immersion in technique and class scenarios begun in "An Actor Prepares."

"""It's Alive and Kicking!"" offers you real-life problems for students in your math classes, with a twist. Math the way it ought to be, tough, fun... and a little weird. This book is even funnier than ""It's Alive!"" Need we say more? Grades 3-9

This companion to the original 20 Ideas offers additional innovative activities and lessons for teaching gifted students at the secondary level. This book is packed with great, engaging ideas for the gifted and talented classroom, sure to excite and challenge your students.Grades 5-12