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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 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

For many students with no science background, environmental geology may be one of the only science courses they ever take. Living With Earth: An Introduction to Environmental Geology is ideal for those students, fostering a better understanding of how they interact with Earth and how their actions can affect Earth''s environmental health. The informal, reader-friendly presentation is organized around a few unifying perspectives: how the various Earth systems interact with one another; how Earth affects people (creating hazards but also providing essential resources); and how people affect Earth. Greater emphasis is placed on environment and sustainability than on geology, unlike other texts on the subject. Essential scientific foundations are presented - but the ultimate goal is to connect students proactively to their role as stakeholders in Earth''s future.

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

"Written by two junior high students with bestselling author Marya Washington Tyler, you can't find a more engaging, delightful, and revolting math book out there. This is real. This is alive! This is math the way it ought to be--tough, fun... and a little weird. Grades 3-9

"Enliven your classroom with motivating and innovative activities that encourage critical and creative thinking skills. Exciting lessons developed by master teachers of gifted children across the nation, these diverse activities have been proven to work with gifted and talented students in secondary school. Grades 5-12

The Reel Classroom: An Introduction to Film Studies and Filmmaking presents an educator-facilitated curriculum that focuses on a variety of aspects concerning the appreciation of film and the filmmaking process. With a goal to turn "movie day" into a teaching and learning opportunity¿rather than a virtual day off for students¿this book will

This text provides teachers with a user-friendly field-tested guide to teaching one of the truly great American novels. Designed pragmatically with the AP English Literature exam as an end goal, includes dozens of ready-to-use assignments, prompts, quizzes, rubrics, and lesson plans, all aiding students' ultimate success.