Educating Gifted Students in Middle School: A Practical Guide
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.

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Educating Gifted Students in Middle School: A Practical Guide
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.

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Educating Gifted Students in Middle School: A Practical Guide

Educating Gifted Students in Middle School: A Practical Guide

by Susan Rakow
Educating Gifted Students in Middle School: A Practical Guide

Educating Gifted Students in Middle School: A Practical Guide

by Susan Rakow

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781618219817
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/15/2020
Edition description: 3rd Revised ed.
Pages: 392
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range: 10 - 13 Years

About the Author

Susan Rakow, Ph.D., LPCC, is currently a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor specializing in work with gifted children/teens and families at the Family Achievement Clinic directed by Dr. Sylvia Rimm.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Preface to the Third Edition ix

Chapter 1 Nature and Needs of Gifted Middle School Students 1

Chapter 2 Diverse Populations of Gifted Learners 21

Chapter 3 Anxiety, Depression, Underachievement, and Executive Function Skills 65

Chapter 4 Special Notes for Gifted intervention Specialists, Counselors, and Administrators 91

Chapter 5 National Reform Movements and Trends 123

Chapter 6 Organizational Structures and Program Models: Developing a Continuum of Services 139

Chapter 7 Curricular and Instructional Strategies 169

Chapter 8 Differentiating Instruction: A Supplement to, Not a Substitute for, Gifted Programming 213

Chapter 9 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math 247

Chapter 10 Focus on the Humanities: The Arts, Social Studies, and Literacy 271

Chapter 11 Outside the Box: Competitions, Summer Programs, and More 313

References 325

Appendix A NMSA/NAGC Joint Position Statement 355

Appendix B Curriculum Review Checklist 361

Appendix C Sycamore School Middle School Reading Strategies and Skills 373

About the Author 379

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