ABSTRACT

Educating Gifted Students in Middle School: A Practical Guide (3rd ed.) helps educators with the challenging task of understanding and meeting the needs of gifted students in middle school. This revised and updated third edition:

  • Provides a rationale and framework that middle schools can use to fill the service gap for gifted and advanced learners.
  • Addresses the needs of learners from diverse backgrounds.
  • Shows how to implement effective program models.
  • Identifies best practices for the classroom.
  • Shares research-based curriculum models.

Topics addressed include school organization, instructional strategies in the basic subject areas, cocurricular and summer programs, the missing link of executive function skills, and counseling at-risk gifted learners. Educating Gifted Students in Middle School focuses on creative, practical, and realistic school solutions that create a vital and responsive community for all students.

chapter Chapter 1|20 pages

Nature and Needs of Gifted Middle School Students

chapter Chapter 2|44 pages

Diverse Populations of Gifted Learners

chapter Chapter 5|15 pages

National Reform Movements and Trends

chapter Chapter 6|30 pages

Organizational Structures and Program Models

Developing a Continuum of Services

chapter Chapter 7|43 pages

Curricular and Instructional Strategies

chapter Chapter 8|33 pages

Differentiating Instruction

A Supplement to, Not a Substitute for, Gifted Programming

chapter Chapter 9|24 pages

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math 1

chapter Chapter 10|39 pages

Focus on the Humanities 1

The Arts, Social Studies, and Literacy

chapter Chapter 11|13 pages

Outside the Box

Competitions, Summer Programs, and More