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This textbook focuses on topics educators face in program planning. Find comprehensive information on identifying, guiding the gifted and designing curriculum and more about the field of gifted education
This innovative text helps students make the connections among the fields of biology, the interdisciplinary nature of today's biology, and the intimate connections between biological and social issues. Biology Today: An Issues Approach instills in students the feeling that biology is both interesting and relevant to their lives, and that a further understanding of biology can be rewarding rather than burdensome. Additionally, the text builds an excellent foundation for upper-level courses by teaching all the basics necessary for understanding advanced material while fostering the understanding of biology as a process of discovery.
This book covers all the essentials of a first-year calculus course, including derivatives, integrals, trignometric functions, natural logarithms, exponential functions, and an introduction to differential equations.
Written primarily for high school and college-101 students, this updated edition covers all important chemistry topics, including atomic structure, bonding, chemical formulas, gases, chemical calculations, liquids, solids, and phase changes, chemical reactions, acids, bases, salts, electrochemistry, the basics of organic chemistry, and other related subjects. The book also presents five practice tests with answers, charts, reference tables and a helpful glossary.
This textbook is for general students and lay readers and is about vertebrate paleontology. The book provides an account of the evolution of backboned animals as based on the fossil record. It offers no discussion of the principles or mechanisms of evolution, but primarily surveys the fossil record over the past 500 million years or so.
This introductory physics textbook focuses primarily on the concepts of physics; a minimal amount of mathematics is needed, unlike other high school physics programs. This is a standard student textbook; optional teachers' guides and lab manuals may be purchased separately, but would augment the program a great deal.
This mathematics textbook is a comprehensive parent and teacher guide for developing math talent among gifted students of elementary or middle school age. Several strategies are given such as identifying mathematically gifted learners, advocating for gifted children with math talent, designing a systematic math education program for gifted students, and more! Click here to read a review of the 2003 edition of this book.
This text offers a user-friendly overview of our physical environment with balanced, up- to-date coverage of geology, oceanography, astronomy, and meteorology. The emphasis is on readability, with clear, example-driven explanations refined by over twenty years of instructor and student feedback. The text takes full advantage of the subject's visual appeal -- discussions are reinforced with a superb collection of color photos.
Written by Gary A. Davis and Sylvia B. Rimm, this book is a standard introductory text in gifted education. The most notable change for this edition is a new chapter on counseling that addresses the social, emotional, and education/career needs and problems of gifted children, and outlines specific counseling-related roles for teachers, parents, counselors, and even school administrators.
This basic Algebra I textbook is unique in that it uses a literary and game-like approach to introduce each new topic and concept in algebra. Many cartoons are used to illustrate various concepts, as are excerpts from literature. The program uses traditional exercises. An optional teacher's manual is also available.
This book by Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska gives tips on identification, education, and understanding of gifted children. Major topics and issues in the education of gifted and talented learners are discussed in detail and is helpful for any parent, student or educator.
This textbook discusses the three major questions: why we read, what we read, and how we interpret. The author lays out the major debates currently taking place within English departments and selections including: new historicism, feminism and gender studies, reader-response criticism, ethical criticism, and postcolonial and cultural studies.
The primary goal of this book is to enable teachers and other professionals to assist parents and other family members in becoming full partners in the educational process by teaching advocacy techniques. The text is intended for pre-service students preparing to become special education teachers, counselors, therapists, and program administrators.
This textbook is a broad preparation in elementary geometry. It works on developing fundamental concepts first on the intuitive level, then more rigorously, followed by slightly more advanced material through a combination of exposition and guided discovery.
This geometry book by Harold Jacobs is an educational book that brings fun and geometry into one great subject. Suitable for either classroom use or self-paced study, this book uses innovative discussions, cartoons, anecdotes, examples and exercises that unfailingly capture and hold student interest.
Barbara Clark's Growing Up Gifted is a textbook for gifted education studies. While it doesn't focus on the highly gifted, it does offer a good overview of the research in various areas of gifted education and development. Click here to read a review of this book.
The 3rd edition of this classic text is a comprehensive resource addressing important research-based considerations in gifted education. Many respected professionals have contributed chapters that cover the following topics: conceptions and identification; instructional models and practices; creativity, thinking skills, and eminence; psychological and counseling issues; populations of giftedness; and special topics, including technology, rural schools, and legal issues.
This in-depth textbook, edited by Dixon and Moon, helps educators interested in building effective and comprehensive educational programs for gifted students. Each chapter is written by a leading scholar that researches in the field. Topics include: understanding the gifted adolescent, adolescent issues, instruction and programming options, teacher education and professional development. Click here to read a review of this book.
Prepared by 100 researchers and program developers from 24 countries, the chapters of this second edition provide authentic, state-of-the-art, international perspectives on all aspects of identification and development of giftedness and talent. This is a scientific book based mainly on research findings from the psychology of giftedness and talent, and supplemented by the personal opinions of the authors who are experts in the field.
Each chapter of this two volume textbook is authored by one or more gifted experts, including Karen Rogers, Miraca Gross, Tracy Cross, Linda Brody, Nick Colangelo and Susan Assouline, Joyce Van Tassel-Baska, Rena Subotnick, Joseph Renzulli, Sally Reis, Frances Karnes, Kathleen Noble, and more.
A reprint of the nineteenth century classic reading primer. Still by far the best self study book for new readers. The use of pictures and review sections reinforce the learning and make it easy for kids to progress.
This book bridges the gap that exists between educating advanced learners and educating culturally different learners. It addresses various topics, including racially and culturally diverse students and families, historical and legal perspectives on educating gifted and minority students, culturally responsive curriculum and assessment, and counseling students from a multicultural perspective.
This text book by Edward Zaccaro provides a fun and easily comprehended way to learn algebra. Filled with cartoons, drawings, and real-world problems, this book is a great tool to motivate and encourage the elementary student.
Written by Karen Rogers, this is a research-based book that discusses acceleration of students, grouping within the school setting, and program provisions both in and outside of school. Rogers spells out and categorizes ways for schools, teachers, and parents to meet the needs of gifted children, including which students will benefit from particular instructional delivery methods and how each student need can best be addressed. Click here to read a review of this book.
A classic textbook divided into three general parts: the gifted child and the changing school program, content modifications and information-processing strategies. This book is meant to help future teachers examine the characteristics of gifted students and presents methods of modeling the classroom curriculum to meet the needs of these gifted students. This thoroughly updated edition gives the latest information, new insights, expanded coverage, and additional pedagogy, while retaining the comprehensive scope and excellent writing that have made this a leading text in the field.
This book, by David White, is designed for use in a variety of ways: philosophical, practical, and theoretical. Recommended for grades 6-12, this is an excellent teachers’ handbook for using advanced philosophy in the classroom. Click here to read a review of this book.
EMCParadigm Publishing offers textbooks on various subjects, information regarding educational standards by state, and online activities for certain textbooks.
Follett Educational Services is the world’s largest provider of pre-owned textbooks and instructional materials. They carry a wide selection of quality pre-owned textbooks from all major publishers.
Learning Streams offers a wide variety of educational tools, including toys, textbooks, lab equipment, cd roms, games and more. Searches can be done by topic and/or grade level.
This is a place for parents to find information, activities, and many other resources to help support childrens' education.
This site features a bibliography of textbooks in all subjects from the 1800s and digitized versions of three 19th century readers. This will be useful for homeschoolers interested in researching early curriculum materials, either for their own use or for historical research projects.
Cybrary Man's Educational Web Site is the internet catalogue for students, teachers, administrators & parents. Over 20,000 relevant links personally selected by an educator/author with over 30 years of experience.
This website by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science is based on the initiative to advance literacy in science, mathematics and technology. Featured are sections on Curriculum Materials; Testing & Assessment; Research on Teaching & Learning; and Family & Community. It includes an array of resources such as curriculum and textbook evaluations, article links, and suggestions for reform.
This article link reviews the content, pedagogical approaches, and problems with current algebra textbooks. It includes a chart with overall information about the comparisons, reviews of individual textbooks, instructional criteria, and the criteria used to evaluate each individual text.
This is a free, online, Algebra textbook and instruction manual for educators. The math book has served more than 1 million students in colleges and high schools across the nation.
This program comes with 2 CD-ROMS. The box says: Practice what you're learning in class with content that adjusts to over 60 textbooks. Reinforce key topics playing hilarious and fun games. Get help on lessons and encouragement from five different onscreen coaches. Learn one step at a time, study for an exam, or skip ahead, all at your own pace. Enhance learning with visual and audio aids and real-life examples.