Jeff Danielian - Teaching Gifted Children: Success Strategies for Teaching High-Ability Learners

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Danielian, Jeff, editor.

Title: Teaching gifted children : success strategies for teaching high-ability learners / edited by Jeff Danielian, C. Matthew Fugate, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Fogarty, Ph.D.

Description: Waco, Texas : Prufrock Press : National Association For Gifted Children, [2018] | "Copublished With the National Association for Gifted Children."

Identifiers: LCCN 2017032969 (print) | LCCN 2017034329 (ebook) | ISBN 9781618216731 (pdf) | ISBN 9781618216748 (epub) | ISBN 9781618216724 (pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Gifted children--Education--United States.

Classification: LCC LC3993.9 (ebook) | LCC LC3993.9 .T438 2018 (print) | DDC 371.95--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017032969

Copyright 2018, National Association for Gifted Children

Edited by Katy McDowall

Cover and layout design by Allegra Denbo

ISBN-13: 978-1-61821-674-8

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Table of Contents

by Rachel Levinson

by Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, Rena F. Subotnik, and Frank C. Worrell

by Kathryn Fishman-Weaver

by Steve V. Coxon

by Joanna Simpson

by Jennifer Hoffman

by Scott L. Hunsaker, Christen C. Rose, and Elinda R. Nedreberg

by LaVonda Senn

by Elizabeth C. Fairweather

by James Fetterly and Betty Wood

by Anna Cassalia

by Brian C. Housand

by Chea Parton

by Michael H. Miller

by Felicia A. Dixon

by Jason S. McIntosh

by Bronwyn MacFarlane

by Todd Jeffrey

by Sandra N. Kaplan

by Jennifer Beasley

by Chris A. Caram and Patsy B. Davis

by Willard L. White

by Susannah Richards

by Mary E. Haas

by Kimberley L. Chandler and Barbara Dullaghan

by Susannah Richards

by Scott J. Peters

by Bob Seney

by Eric L. Mann

by Michelle Sands

by Eric L. Mann

by Keri M. Guilbault

by Gail N. Herman

by Juliana Tay

by Kevin D. Besnoy

by Gail N. Herman

by Sara Newell

by Kenneth J. Smith

by Suzanna E. Henshon

by Timothy Lintner and Arlene Puryear

by Ed Robson

by Thomas N. Turner

by Rebecca N. Landis

by Alicia Cotabish, Debbie Dailey, Rachelle Miller, Steve V. Coxon, and Cheryll M. Adams

by Steve V. Coxon

by Kevin D. Besnoy

by Suzanna E. Henshon and Alyssa Del Campo

by Paul Bierman, Peter Gould, Jasmine Lamb, Christine Massey, Simon Norton, Jean Olson, Luke Reusser, and John Ungerleider

by Brian C. Housand

by James T. Webb

by Barbara A. Kerr

by Thomas S. Greenspon

by Thomas P. Hbert

by Thomas P. Hbert

by Richard M. Cash

by Bronwyn MacFarlane

by Jennifer Ritchotte

by Felicia A. Dixon

by Lori Andersen

by Steve V. Coxon

by Scott A. Chamberlin

by Susannah M. Wood

by Jennifer Beasley

by Jean S. Peterson

by Meg Strnat and Robin Young

by Meg Strnat

by Jennifer A. Fredricks, Kate E. Flanagan, and Corinne J. Alfeld

by Bob Schultz

by Katherine B. Brown and Diane J. Bresson

by Chin-Wen Lee

by Stacie L. Walker

by Donna Y. Ford and Robert A. King, Jr.

by Jaime A. Castellano

by Jerry Lassos

by Kimberley L. Chandler and Barbara Dullaghan

by Joy Lawson Davis

by Joy Lawson Davis

by Jennifer Beasley

by Rachelle Miller and Marcia Gentry

by Steve McCallum and Sherry Mee Bell

by Colleen Willard-Holt and Kristen Morrison

by Amos Gewirtz

by Traci McBride

by Bob Schultz

by Derek Davis

by Terence P. Friedrichs

by Alena R. Treat

Acknowledgements

Ariel Baska, Jaime A. Castellano, Steve V. Coxon, Ruth Lyons, Connie Phelps, Jennifer Ritchotte, and Sarah Sumners, for their careful review of the entire catalog of Teaching for High Potential (THP) issues. Without them, the process would not have been able to move forward.

Jane Clarenbach, for her keen eye and everlasting involvement with the publication of each and every issue of THP. Her work has been invaluable.

Richard M. Cash, Joy Lawson Davis, Rebecca D. Eckert, and Thomas P. Hbert, for their willingness to read through sections of the book and write a thoughtful introduction to an assigned section. In addition, we thank Rebecca for her work as the first editor of THP for the inaugural issue in 2006. She opened the door for what was to come.

Joseph S. Renzulli, for his initial inspiration, which led to the creation of THP. His continued support and encouragement moves the field and our individual ideas forward.

Stacy Frankel, THPs designer, whose expert layout and attention to detail is noticed in each and every issue.

Katy McDowall, our editor, who has made the process as smooth and enjoyable as possible. It has been an honor to work with her.

Foreword: Where the Rubber Meets the Road

A How-to Guide For Promoting the Goals of Gifted Education

by Joseph S. Renzulli

The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life.

Helen Keller

The field of gifted education has benefitted from many years of high-quality research, theory development, and commentary about issues related to our field. This material has served as a solid foundation that gives any and all fields of study their unique identity. The real payoff of all this research and development, however, has no value until it can be translated into effective classroom practices. In order to make changes in the lives of the young people we serve, these practices must be easy for teachers to learn and to use and reasonable to integrate within the complexities of the industrial education establishment. Variations in financial support, local and state regulations, and administrative and parental expectations must be addressed by people who have been there and understand teachers ways of knowing and doing. The editors of