ABSTRACT
This quick reference guide contains comprehensive listings and definitions of common terms in able, gifted and talented education, as well as other aspects that you might need to learn about, find or use – all in a teacher-friendly format. It includes:
- clear and concise definitions that translate jargon into plain English
- a 'who's who' guide of gifted and talented education explaining the contribution of major experts and theorists
- alphabetical listings of organisations, resources, suppliers and websites
- full cross-referencing so you can find your answers quickly.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Introduction
part |62 pages
A-Z Glossary of Gifted and Talented Education
letter A|4 pages
A
entry A_1|1 pages
Accelerated Learning
entry A_2|2 pages
Accelerated learning cycle
entry A_3|1 pages
Acceleration
entry A_4|2 pages
Acts
entry A_5|1 pages
Advanced Extension Awards
entry A_6|1 pages
Advanced Learning Centres
entry A_7|1 pages
Aimhigher
entry A_8|1 pages
Alps
entry A_9|1 pages
Assessment
letter B|5 pages
B
entry B_1|1 pages
Bace
entry B_2|2 pages
Barriers to Learning
entry B_3|1 pages
Beacon schools
entry B_4|2 pages
Behaviour
entry B_5|1 pages
Bloom's taxonomy
entry B_6|1 pages
Bodily-kinaesthetic intelligence
entry B_7|2 pages
Brain
entry B_8|1 pages
Brain-based learning
entry B_9|2 pages
Brain breaks
entry B_10|1 pages
Brain Gym
letter C|9 pages
C
entry C_1|1 pages
CAGE (Cognitive Acceleration through Geography Education)
entry C_2|2 pages
Cambridge School Classics Project, including online Latin
entry C_3|1 pages
CAME (Cognitive Acceleration through Mathematics Education)
entry C_4|1 pages
CASE (Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education)
entry C_5|1 pages
CATE (Cognitive Acceleration through Technology Education)
entry C_6|1 pages
Cats
entry C_7|2 pages
Center for Talented Youth (CTY)
entry C_8|1 pages
Challenge Award
entry C_9|1 pages
Challenge days
entry C_10|1 pages
Characteristics of the gifted
entry C_11|1 pages
Check-lists
entry C_12|1 pages
Chi
entry C_13|1 pages
Children as researchers
entry C_14|1 pages
Children's Palaces
entry C_15|1 pages
Children's University
entry C_16|1 pages
Chips
entry C_17|2 pages
Cognitive ability tests (CATs)
entry C_18|1 pages
Compacting
entry C_19|1 pages
Competitions
entry C_20|1 pages
Concept mapping
entry C_21|1 pages
Conceptual Challenge in Primary Schools
entry C_22|1 pages
Convergent thinking
entry C_23|1 pages
Co-ordinator for gifted and talented pupils
entry C_24|2 pages
CoRT
entry C_25|1 pages
Creative curriculum
entry C_26|1 pages
Creative thinking
entry C_27|1 pages
Critical thinking
entry C_28|2 pages
Cross-phase links
entry C_29|1 pages
Curriculum compaction
letter D|4 pages
D
entry D_1|1 pages
Datt
entry D_2|2 pages
Definitions
entry D_3|1 pages
Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent
entry D_4|1 pages
Differentiation
entry D_5|2 pages
Disaffected pupils
entry D_6|1 pages
Distance learning
entry D_7|1 pages
Divergent thinking
entry D_8|1 pages
Double exceptionality
entry D_9|1 pages
Dual enrolment
letter E|5 pages
E
entry E_1|1 pages
Eaz
entry E_2|1 pages
Echa
entry E_3|1 pages
Education Action Zones (EAZs)
entry E_4|2 pages
Emotional Intelligence
entry E_5|1 pages
Enrichment
entry E_6|1 pages
Enrichment Triad Model
entry E_7|1 pages
Eureka
entry E_8|1 pages
Excellence and Enjoyment
entry E_9|1 pages
Excellence Clusters
entry E_10|2 pages
Excellence in Cities (EiC)
entry E_11|1 pages
Excellence in Cities Primary Pilot and Primary Extension Project
entry E_12|1 pages
Excellence initiatives
entry E_13|1 pages
Existential intelligence
entry E_14|2 pages
Experiential Learning
entry E_15|1 pages
Extension
entry E_16|1 pages
Extra-curricular activities
entry E_17|1 pages
Extra-mural courses/support
letter F|1 pages
F
entry F_1|1 pages
Fast-tracking
letter G|3 pages
G
entry G_1|1 pages
Galilee Ecology Project
entry G_2|1 pages
Gate A
entry G_3|1 pages
Gerric
entry G_4|1 pages
Gestalt movement
entry G_5|1 pages
Gift
entry G_6|1 pages
Gifted
entry G_7|1 pages
Governors
entry G_8|2 pages
Gregorc's Mind Styles model
entry G_9|1 pages
Gteu
letter H|2 pages
H
entry H_1|1 pages
Hap
entry H_2|1 pages
Headstart Programme
entry H_3|2 pages
Hierarchy of human needs
entry H_4|1 pages
High performance constellation
entry H_5|1 pages
Higher order thinking skills
letter I|4 pages
I
entry I_1|1 pages
Identification
entry I_2|2 pages
Inclusion
entry I_3|1 pages
Infusion method
entry I_4|1 pages
Inspection
entry I_5|1 pages
Instrumental Enrichment
entry I_6|2 pages
Intelligence
entry I_7|1 pages
Intelligence trap
entry I_8|1 pages
Interpersonal intelligence
entry I_9|1 pages
Intrapersonal intelligence
entry I_10|1 pages
IQ (intelligence quotient)
entry I_11|1 pages
Irish Centre for Talented Youth
entry I_12|1 pages
ISSP (Independent/State School Partnership scheme)
letter J|1 pages
J
entry J_1|1 pages
Journals
letter K|1 pages
K
entry K_1|1 pages
Key Stage 3 National Strategy
entry K_2|1 pages
KWL grids
letter L|4 pages
L
entry L_1|1 pages
Lateral thinking
entry L_2|1 pages
Latin
entry L_3|2 pages
Leading Edge Partnership
entry L_4|1 pages
Leading Edge Schools
entry L_5|1 pages
Leading Practice Schools
entry L_6|1 pages
Leamacy
entry L_7|2 pages
Learning styles
entry L_8|1 pages
Linguistic intelligence
entry L_9|2 pages
Loc8or
entry L_10|1 pages
Logic
entry L_11|1 pages
Logical-mathematical-scientific intelligence
entry L_12|1 pages
London Challenge/London Gifted and Talented
letter M|5 pages
M
entry M_1|1 pages
Maths-by-Mail
entry M_2|1 pages
Masterclass
entry M_3|2 pages
Mental Literacy
entry M_4|1 pages
Mentoring
entry M_5|1 pages
Metacognition
entry M_6|1 pages
Mind mapping
entry M_7|2 pages
MLE (Managed Learning Environment)
entry M_8|1 pages
Monitoring
entry M_9|1 pages
Motivate
entry M_10|1 pages
Motivation
entry M_11|1 pages
Mozart Effect
entry M_12|2 pages
Multiple Intelligences
entry M_13|1 pages
Musical intelligence
letter N|3 pages
N
entry N_1|2 pages
Nace
entry N_2|1 pages
Nagc
entry N_3|1 pages
National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth (NAGTY)
entry N_4|1 pages
Naturalistic intelligence
entry N_5|1 pages
Networks
entry N_6|2 pages
Nomination
entry N_7|1 pages
NRICH online maths club
letter O|2 pages
O
entry O_1|1 pages
Ofsted findings
entry O_2|2 pages
Optional extension tasks
letter P|6 pages
P
entry P_1|1 pages
Parallel thinking
entry P_2|1 pages
Partnerships
entry P_3|1 pages
Pathfinders
entry P_4|2 pages
Percentile rank
entry P_5|1 pages
Personalised learning
entry P_6|1 pages
Philosophy
entry P_7|2 pages
Philosophy for Children
entry P_8|1 pages
PIPAR – Primary Innovation Project Action Research
entry P_9|2 pages
Policies for Gifted and Talented Education
entry P_10|2 pages
Positive Cognitive Intervention (PCI)
entry P_11|1 pages
Primary National Strategy
entry P_12|1 pages
Prodigy
entry P_13|2 pages
Project-Based Learning (PBL)
entry P_14|1 pages
Provision
entry P_15|1 pages
Pupils-as-Teachers
letter Q|1 pages
Q
entry Q_1|1 pages
QADS grids
entry Q_2|1 pages
Questioning
letter R|2 pages
R
entry R_1|1 pages
Radical Acceleration
entry R_2|1 pages
ReCAP
entry R_3|1 pages
Rotherham Action Research (RAR)
letter S|5 pages
S
entry S_1|1 pages
Salamanca Statement
entry S_2|1 pages
Savant
entry S_3|2 pages
Scamper
entry S_4|1 pages
Scholarships
entry S_5|1 pages
Schoolwide Enrichment Model
entry S_6|1 pages
Secondary National Strategy
entry S_7|1 pages
Self-directed learning
entry S_8|2 pages
Self-esteem
entry S_9|1 pages
Self-Evaluation Framework (Challenge Award)
entry S_10|1 pages
Self-nomination
entry S_11|1 pages
Snap
entry S_12|1 pages
Somerset Thinking Skills
entry S_13|1 pages
Spiritual intelligence
entry S_14|1 pages
Sports approach
entry S_15|1 pages
Starry Night Observation Protocol
entry S_16|1 pages
Summer schools
letter T|6 pages
T
entry T_1|1 pages
Talented
entry T_2|1 pages
Tall poppies
entry T_3|1 pages
Tasc
entry T_4|1 pages
Taxonomy
entry T_5|1 pages
Teacher's Bistro
entry T_6|1 pages
Teep
entry T_7|2 pages
Thinking Hats
entry T_8|2 pages
Thinking skills
entry T_9|1 pages
Thinking through Geography
entry T_10|1 pages
Three Ring Conception of Giftedness
entry T_11|1 pages
Tomorrow's Achievers
entry T_12|2 pages
Tortoise Mind
entry T_13|1 pages
Transfer/transition
entry T_14|1 pages
Triarchic theory
entry T_15|2 pages
Triune Brain
entry T_16|1 pages
Twice exceptionality
letter U|2 pages
U
entry U_1|2 pages
Under-achievement
letter V|1 pages
V
entry V_1|1 pages
VAK learning styles
entry V_2|1 pages
Virtual School for the Gifted (VSG)
entry V_3|1 pages
Visual-spatial intelligence
letter W|1 pages
W
entry W_1|1 pages
World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC)
entry W_2|1 pages
World Class Arena
entry W_3|1 pages
World Class Tests
letter X|1 pages
X
entry X_1|1 pages
Xcalibre
letter Y|1 pages
Y
entry Y_1|1 pages
Young gifted and talented
entry Y_2|1 pages
Youth Agency
entry Y_3|1 pages
Youth Cafe
entry Y_4|1 pages
Youth Sport Trust Project
letter Z|1 pages
Z
entry Z_1|1 pages
Zone of proximal development
part |15 pages
Who's Who
letter B|2 pages
B
entry B_1|1 pages
Binet, Alfred
entry B_2|1 pages
Bloom, Benjamin
entry B_3|1 pages
Borkowski, John G.
entry B_4|1 pages
Bruner, Jerome Seymour
entry B_5|1 pages
Buzan, Tony
letter C|2 pages
C
entry C_1|1 pages
Cattell, Raymond B.
entry C_2|2 pages
Clark, Barbara
entry C_3|1 pages
Claxton, Guy
letter D|2 pages
D
entry D_1|1 pages
De Bono, Edward
entry D_2|1 pages
Dennison, Paul E.
entry D_3|1 pages
Descartes, René
entry D_4|1 pages
Dewey, John
letter E|1 pages
E
entry E_1|1 pages
Eyre, Deborah
letter F|1 pages
F
entry F_1|1 pages
Feuerstein, Reuven
entry F_2|1 pages
Fisher, Robert
entry F_3|1 pages
Freeman, Joan
letter G|2 pages
G
entry G_1|1 pages
Gagné, Francoys
entry G_2|1 pages
Gardner, Howard
entry G_3|1 pages
George, David
entry G_4|1 pages
Goleman, Daniel
entry G_5|1 pages
Gregorc, Anthony F.
letter H|1 pages
H
entry H_1|1 pages
Horn, John
letter J|2 pages
J
entry J_1|2 pages
Jensen, Eric
letter K|1 pages
K
entry K_1|1 pages
Kolb, David A.
entry K_2|1 pages
Koshy, Valsa
letter L|2 pages
L
entry L_1|1 pages
Leat, David
entry L_2|2 pages
Lipman, Matthew
entry L_3|1 pages
Lozanov, Georgi
letter M|2 pages
M
entry M_1|1 pages
MacLean, Paul
entry M_2|2 pages
Maslow, Abraham
entry M_3|1 pages
McGuinness, Carol
entry M_4|1 pages
Montgomery, Diane
letter P|2 pages
P
entry P_1|2 pages
Perkins, David
entry P_2|1 pages
Piaget, Jean
letter R|2 pages
R
entry R_1|2 pages
Raffan, Johanna
entry R_2|1 pages
Renzulli, Joseph
entry R_3|1 pages
Rose, Colin
letter S|1 pages
S
entry S_1|1 pages
Smith, Alistair
entry S_2|1 pages
Spearman, Charles
entry S_3|1 pages
Sternberg, Robert J.
entry S_4|1 pages
Szabos, Janice R.
letter T|2 pages
T
entry T_1|1 pages
Tannenbaum, Abraham J.
entry T_2|1 pages
Terman, Lewis
entry T_3|2 pages
Thurstone, Louis Leon
letter V|1 pages
V
entry V_1|1 pages
Vygotsky, Lev
letter W|1 pages
W
entry W_1|1 pages
Wallace, Belle
part |8 pages
Organisations
part |8 pages
Books and Resources
part |11 pages
Publishers and Suppliers
part |11 pages
Websites
