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  • Organizations: International

    Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent (RGCT) - American Educational Research Association (AERA) Special Interest Group (SIG)
    The Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent (RGCT) Special Interest Group (SIG) through the American Educational Research Association (AERA) deals with research studies that focus on how giftedness, talent and creativity are developed and nurtured. The SIG encourages both international and national studies involving qualitative and/or quantitative methods in a wide variety of topics: Conceptions, Models, Identification, Programs and Practices, Counseling, Creativity, Thinking Skills, Disabilities, Parenting, and Diversity. The purpose of this SIG is to provide leadership that (1) encourages and promotes high-quality scholarship addressing giftedness, creativity, and talent, (2) creates a community of scholars and leaders in the field, (3) facilitates communication and dissemination of research both within and outside the field, (4) nurtures future scholars, and (5) advances research in the field.
    The International Gifted Consortium (IGC) and Research Center for the Highly/Profoundly Gifted (Scottsdale, AZ)
    The International Gifted Consortium (IGC) is the philanthropic coming together of leaders from across the globe, who possess an empathetic understanding of giftedness in its most acute, highly developed stage. IGC professionals have committed their work to researching and supporting the unique development of this often misunderstood population. Together, the IGC harnesses collective expertise, to educate the world and eradicate misunderstanding, for the betterment of human development.

  • Organizations: National

    American Association for Gifted Children at Duke University (AAGC) (NC)
    The American Association for Gifted Children (AAGC) is the nation's oldest advocacy organization for gifted children. Throughout its history, AAGC has published materials for the educational research community, for people in the medical profession, and for parents and teachers of gifted children.
    Center for Gifted Education Policy (CGEP)
    The mission of CGEP is to generate public awareness, advocacy, clinical applications, and cutting-edge research ideas to enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with special gifts and talents. The CGEP, housed within the American Psychological Association (APA), provides public awareness, support, new research discoveries and clinical applications that develop success and performance for gifted and talented children and adolescents.
    Gifted Research & Outreach (GRO)
    GRO’s mission consists of two distinct, yet interrelated components which reflect its commitment to further the world’s understanding of giftedness through scientific research and to promote a comprehensive and accurate understanding through outreach. The research arm of GRO is chartered with managing, funding, and distributing research that includes but is not limited to physiological, psychological, social and educational studies. The outreach arm of GRO is dedicated to promoting the understanding of giftedness through lectures, written material, and training. An important component of the outreach effort is GRO’s online resource library where the public can find material ranging from scientific studies on gifted physiology to articles that help parents and professionals better understand and meet the unique psychological, educational, and emotional needs of gifted individuals.
    Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA)
    The Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA) seeks to meet the specific needs of gifted students so that they can reach their full intellectual and personal potential. IEA provides customized programs that match each student's unique gifts and talents with the most appropriate mentors, schools, and other learning environments to maximize intellectual and personal development. IEA also offers the Gifted Resource Center (GRC), a free public tool serving as an online database of resources appropriate for the gifted learner.
    Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program
    The purpose of the Javits program is to carry out a coordinated program of scientifically based research, demonstration projects, innovative strategies, and similar activities designed to build and enhance the ability of elementary and secondary schools to meet the special educational needs of gifted and talented students. The major emphasis of the program is on serving students traditionally under represented in gifted and talented programs, particularly economically disadvantaged, limited English proficient, and disabled students, to help reduce the serious gap in achievement among certain groups of students at the highest levels of achievement.
    John Templeton Foundation - Gifted Education
    The gifted education section of this organization focuses on scientific genius and creativity among gifted students. The John Templeton Foundation sponsors a number of conferences and programs, many of which provide impressive grant opportunities. There is also a section for gifted resources.
    Math/Science Nucleus
    Math/Science Nucleus is a non-profit (501(3)c), educational and research organization composed of scientists, educators and community members. It serves as a science resource center to assist school districts, teachers, and administrators. A major goal is to increase the science literacy of students in our school systems by enhancing the skills of teachers and administrators.
    National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
    The work of The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) is guided by emerging research about the broadened conception of human potential and the need to develop "high-end learning" opportunities for all of America's students. Programs and services designed to challenge the highest levels of learning and creativity; to promote high expectations, rigorous standards, and greater engagement with subject matter should be an integral part of every school's overall program.
    NEAG Center for Gifted Education & Talent Development - University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)
    The University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT is home to the Neag Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, whose research studies focusing the needs of gifted and talented youth have received international attention for more than 40 years.
    Untapped Potential Project
    The mission of the Untapped Potential Project (UPP) is to advance public policy that optimizes educational outcomes for children with unique abilities. Untapped Potential aims to help enroll and fund low-income students and students of color into gifted and accelerated programs, which will allow them to succeed better academically.

  • Organizations: State

    Gifted Resource Center of New England (Providence, RI)
    The Gifted Resource Center of New England, located in Providence, Rhode Island, serves the needs of gifted children, adolescents and their families. Clinical psychological and educational services are offered in assessment, psychotherapy, curriculum design, school consultation and teacher in-service. Also, articles, resource lists, and suggested readings are offered. This center also engages in research about giftedness, testing techniques and interventions with gifted children and adolescents, presents at conferences on the gifted and writes about many aspects of giftedness.

  • Printed Materials: Books

    A Forgotten Voice: A Biography of Leta Stetter Hollingworth
    This book by author A.G. Klein, is about Leta Stetter Hollingworth, the mother of gifted education. Hollingworth has been forgotten, even though her words of 100 years ago are still as relevant today as they were back then. Born in 1886 in rural Nebraska, Leta Hollingworth rose above an abusive childhood and strong prejudice to become an influential psychologist, feminist, educator, author, and advocate for gifted children.
    A Nation Empowered: Evidence Trumps the Excuses that Hold Back America's Brightest Students
    This is the 10-year follow-up to the acceleration report titled, A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students. The publication includes updated research on the long-term effects of educational acceleration, acceleration and STEM education, effects of acceleration on the social emotional lives of gifted students, acceleration practices with twice exceptional students, radical acceleration, state residential STEM schools, diverse populations and acceleration, professional development for teachers and counselors, public policy and much more. A Nation Empowered tells the story of how well we have applied what we have learned during the past 10 years, and inform educators, parents, and policy makers of current research on acceleration, how that information has been applied to educational policy throughout the nation, and how educators can use the findings to make decisions for their brightest students.
    Academic Precocity: Aspects of Its Development
    This book contains the first follow-up studies of more than 2,000 gifted seventh- and eighth-graders who are participated in the Johns Hopkins Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY). The contributors to the program assess the effectiveness of its screening and educational techniques, explore the relationship between precocity and social adjustment, and report on the success of SMPY-type programs in other locales.
    Alternative Assessments With Gifted and Talented Students (The Critical Issues in Equity and Excellence in Gifted Education Series)
    Written by Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D., this book provides a concise and thorough introduction to methods for identifying gifted students in the school setting. Including overviews of assessment tools and alternative methods of assessment, as well as pertinent discussions concerning the need to identify gifted and talented students, this book combines research and experience from top scholars in the field of gifted education in a convenient guide for teachers, administrators, and gifted education program directors. Click here to read a review of this book.
    Annemarie Roeper: Selected Writings and Speeches
    This book contains articles, essays, and addresses spanning Dr. Roeper's life and work. The articles encompass education, psychology, and Dr. Roeper's philosophy of global awareness, all of which she believes are closely interconnected.
    Barefoot Irreverence: A Guide to Critical Issues in Gifted Child Education
    This book is a collection of the most popular writings from the past two decades of esteemed gifted education researcher Dr. James R. Delisle and includes more than 50 articles and essays from such publications as Education Week, Parenting for High Potential, Understanding Our Gifted and more.
    Best Practices in Gifted Education: An Evidence-Based Guide
    The 29 practices included in this book, by authors Ann Robinson, Bruce M. Shore and Donna Enersen, are the result of an extensive examination of educational research on what works with talented youth. The interest in culturally diverse and low-income learners, the means to identify talents, and the need for curriculum that appropriately challenges high-ability youth constitute just a few of the 29 practices.
    Children Above 180 IQ (Stanford-Binet): Origin and Development
    This is Dr. Leta Hollingworth's classic set of case studies of 12 children above 180 IQ. For most of the 20th century, this book was the definitive work on profoundly gifted children. It is an absolute must-read for anyone who is raising, teaching, counseling, or assessing a profoundly gifted child. The book consists of detailed case studies of the 12 children, including early childhood developmental history; school history and adjustment; test performance on a variety of measures; examples of children's work; and, as far as was possible to trace, their progress into adulthood. The book concludes with chapters that summarize the findings and raise specific issues relating to schooling, leadership, creativity, and parenting.
    Children Above 180 IQ (Stanford-Binet): Origin and Development - PDF
    This 10 MB PDF is a copy of the book, Children Above 180 IQ (Stanford-Binet): Origin and Development, by Dr. Leta Holingworth. Originally copyrighted in 1942, the copyright for this book was not renewed and this book is now in the public domain. It contains 12 case studies of children above 180 IQ. For most of the 20th century, this book was the definitive work on profoundly gifted children and includes information on early childhood development; schooling and adjustment; test performance on a variety of measures; examples of children's work; and, as far as was possible to trace, their progress into adulthood. The book concludes with chapters that summarize the findings and raise specific issues relating to schooling, leadership, creativity and parenting.
    Critical Issues and Practices in Gifted Education: What the Research Says (2nd ed.)
    This book is the definitive reference book for those searching for a summary and evaluation of the literature on giftedness, gifted education and talent development. The book presents more than 50 summaries of important topics in the field, providing relevant research and a guide to how the research applies to gifted education and the lives of gifted children. This second edition updates every topic with new research and introduces several critically important topics such as cluster grouping, Response to Intervention, programming standards, the Common Core State Standards, educational leadership, and legal issues. This book provides an objective assessment of the available knowledge on each topic, offers guidance in the application of the research, and suggests areas of needed research.
    Curriculum Compacting: An Easy Start to Differentiating for High-Potential Students (The Practical Strategies Series in Gifted Education)
    Curriculum compacting allows learners to move successfully through the curriculum at their own pace. This book focuses on the nuts and bolts of this effective method for differentiating classroom content, process skills, and creative products of gifted learners. In this concise introduction, Dr. Sally M. Reis and Joseph S. Renzulli discuss the research on curriculum compacting and the steps employed in implementing it in any classroom. Case studies of its effectiveness on schoolwide enrichment are also included.
    Developing Talent in Young People
    This book by Dr. Benjamin Bloom describes the dramatic findings of a study of 120 extremely talented individuals in various fields such as music, art, athletics, math, and science.
    Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed-Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students
    Named as a 2001 Notable Book in Education by the American School Board Journal, this book by Denise Clark Pope offers a highly revealing - and troubling - view of today's high school students and the ways they pursue high grades and success. Pope, a veteran teacher and curriculum expert, follows five motivated and successful students through a school year, closely shadowing them and engaging them in lengthy reflections on their school experiences.
    Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness
    This book by David Weeks and Jamie James presents the findings from the first systematic study of "eccentrics": highly talented and unusual people who don't feel the need to conform to the norms of society. The conclusion reached is that these people tend to be happier, healthier and more creative than the "conformists."
    Educating the Gifted: Acceleration and Enrichment
    This older book contains a series of articles on the status of both acceleration and enrichment during the last quarter of the 20th century. A variety of authors, many drawn from the early days of the talent search programs, describe the history of both models of educational service delivery, a variety of strategies for both enrichment and acceleration, and discuss early talent search findings.
    Education of the Gifted and Talented (6th Edition)
    Written by Gary A. Davis and Sylvia B. Rimm, this book is a standard introductory text in gifted education. The sixth edition has been thoroughly revised, most notably with the latest research on acceleration, curriculum models, underachievement, culturally and economically disadvantaged students, gender issues, and dual exceptionalities. The content is further supported and enhanced by the inclusion of numerous practical strategies that can be implemented in the classroom, case studies that help teachers identify student needs, summaries of research on effective programs, emphasis on pedagogy and on social-emotional needs, heightened awareness of less visible sub-groups within gifted populations, and an amusing, witty writing style that adds to the appeal of this best-selling book.
    Excellence in Educating the Gifted
    This book was conceived to delineate the many facets of gifted individuals and their learning patterns, so that they may be enabled to reach their greatest potential. The authors intend this book to serve as a basic resource for those who view gifted education as a set of rigorous intellectual experiences for youth who exhibit aptitude and interest in matters of the mind.
    Exceptionally Gifted Children
    This book by Dr. Miraca Gross provides an account of the development of 15 children with IQs exceeding 160. Gross examines indepth the children's developmental and educational history, and common characteristics. As well, it identifies educational strategies and adaptations for exceptionally gifted students. This book is must read for anyone raising, teaching, counseling, or assessing highly and profoundly gifted children.
    Failing Our Brightest Kids: The Global Challenge of Educating High-Ability Students
    In this book, the argument is made that the United States has done too little to focus on educating students to achieve at high levels. The authors identify two core problems: First, compared to other countries, the United States does not produce enough high achievers. Second, students from disadvantaged backgrounds are severely underrepresented among those high achievers.
    Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
    This book summarizes, for a general audience, decades of research on the positive aspects of human experience - joy, creativity, the process of total involvement with life called 'flow'. The author reveals how this pleasurable state can, in fact, be controlled, and not just left to chance, by setting challenges for ourselves. This book is the ideal introduction to this remarkable subject and a book that can lead its readers to discover the true richness of everyday life.
    Free Spirit Publishing
    Free Spirit produces award-winning gifted resources that help children and teens think for themselves, succeed in life, and make a difference in the world.
    Genius and Eminence
    This book by Robert S. Albert traces the recurrent themes in the lives of talented individuals, and seeks to identify factors that contribute to achievement. Twenty-eight chapters cover giftedness; genius; social, educational, parental influences on exceptional achievement; personality dispositions and personal dynamics. Each chapter reports on research studies with clarity and a minimal amount of jargon.
    Genius Revisited: High IQ Children Grown Up
    The authors explore the lives of those who have grown up gifted. It summarizes a study administered to access the outcomes of early identification and schooling among a group of highly gifted students. There is information on the realities of schools, the expectations of others, and the choices that the gifted make as adults. The authors propose that reported reflections of these now older subjects can help in the gifted development of future students.
    Genius: The Natural History of Creativity
    In this book, author H. J. Eysenck considers the role of intelligence, social status, gender, and many other factors that have been linked with genius and creativity. His theory traces creativity from DNA through personality to special cognitive processes to genius. Eysenck puts forth the argument is that it may be the fact that they believe that they are geniuses that make them so.
    Gifted children and homeschooling: Historical and contemporary perspectives
    This chapter reviews the history of the homeschooling movement among families with gifted children, explores some of the reasons families of gifted children choose homeschooling as an educational alternative, reviews the way giftedness can unexpectedly impact legal issues, curriculum development, and socialization in the homeschool, and looks ahead at the future of homeschooling gifted children.
    Gifted Children: Myths and Realities
    Dr. Ellen Winner's book focuses on both intellectual and artistic giftedness. This book has a developmental psychology perspective, but also addresses educational issues. Of particular note to those who work with the profoundly gifted, Winner makes a case that public funding for gifted programs should be focused on the most profoundly gifted students first, with higher classroom standards the means for meeting the needs of the moderately gifted.
    Gifted Education Comes Home: A Case for Self Directed Home Schooling
    This book describes a homeschooling method for highly gifted students which stresses a self-actualizing home education approach based on the child's interests and motivation. The book is grounded in theory and research from education and psychology.
    Gifted Education: Promising Practices
    This book by Joan Franklin Smutny pulls together years of research on educating gifted students. The result is a book that incorporates research with practical advice, how-to's, worksheets and application.
    Gifted Grownups: The Mixed Blessings of Extraordinary Potential
    Debunking the myth that intellectually gifted people are either impractical social misfits or perfect specimens, author Marylou Streznewski, a specialist in gifted education, presents a study of 100 people ages 18 to 90. After defining giftedness, Streznewski examines old and new research on the nature of intelligence and other gifts and explores ways gifted people hide their talents. Other topics include special challenges within families, at school, as young adults, and in seeking challenging work; the plight of gifted dropouts and criminals; and how giftedness affects relationships, etc.
    Gifted IQ: Early Developmental Aspects - The Fullerton Longitudinal Study
    This book presents research on the early developmental history of children who come to perform at the gifted IQ level during middle childhood, representing an integration of the four authors' interests in the fields of intelligence, psychometrics, and developmental psychology. The research presented is based on the Fullerton Longitudinal Study, which entails the systematic investigation of a single cohort studied from infancy onward.
    Gifted Kids Speak Out
    Hundreds of kids ages 6 to 13 talk about school, friends, their families, and the future. In the introduction, Dr. Jim Delisle writes that he hopes that his book will provide young readers with "a feeling that you are not alone.'' Delisle has listened to young voices speak out about understandings of giftedness; adult expectations of gifted kids; parent, sibling, and peer relationships; schooling; and future hopes and dreams.
    Gifted Unlimited, LLC
    Gifted Unlimited, LLC (formerly Great Potential Press) is a publisher of quality, research-based information pertinent to the gifted population and to those who support them. Building on the legacy of Dr. James T. Webb, our mission is to inform and inspire the gifted experience throughout the lifespan via publications and regional gatherings.
    Giftedness, Conflict, and Underachievement
    This text's research is included in every book and research paper concerning "Twice-Exceptional," "Gifted/Learning Disabled," or underserved gifted populations that has followed. It is a must have for all researchers, parents, and or teachers who are concerned about or deal with highly able students that have mitigating problems.
    Greater Expectations: Overcoming the Culture of Indulgence in Our Homes and Schools
    In this book, author William Damon argues that our current system of education fails to provide the discipline and challenges necessary for children to fully develop.
    Growing Up Gifted: Developing the Potential of Children at Home and at School
    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.
    Handbook of Gifted Education, 3rd Edition
    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.
    High IQ Kids: Collected Insights, Information, and Personal Stories from the Experts
    Profoundly gifted kids often get the least help in school. It’s assumed they’re smart enough to succeed on their own, plus teachers (and parents) feel out of their depth with these unique kids. A blend of personal stories and practical strategies, scholarly articles and entertaining essays from a community of voices—parents, educators, authors, researchers, and other experts—this book addresses the joys and challenges of raising and teaching, living with and understanding exceptionally gifted kids of all ages.
    In the Eyes of the Beholder: Critical Issues for Diversity in Gifted Education
    By compiling a wide variety of viewpoints from many authors, Diane Boothe looks at the diversity in gifted education as it relates to race, gender, and socioeconomic status.
    Inequality by Design: Cracking the Bell Curve Myth
    As debate rages over the widening and destructive gap between the rich and the rest of Americans, Claude Fischer and his colleagues present a comprehensive new treatment of inequality in America. This book stresses that economic fortune depends more on social circumstances than on IQ, which is itself a product of society.
    Intellectual Talent: Psychometric and Social Issues
    Based on the work of Julian C. Stanley and his landmark model for working with gifted youth, this book brings together a distinguished group of authorities to examine the dominant techniques used to educate gifted youth today and the exemplification of those techniques in various university-based programs across the country.
    International Handbook of Giftedness and Talent (2nd Edition)
    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.
    International Handbook on Giftedness (1st Edition)
    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.
    Lives of Promise: What Becomes of High School Valedictorians
    This book provides a vivid picture of the challenges talented young people must navigate in translating academic ability and achievement into successful adult careers and lives.
    Malleable Minds: Translating Insights From Psychology and Neuroscience to Gifted Education
    This illuminating volume from The American
    Psychological Association, the National Association for the Gifted and Talented, and The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented offers insights from social and cognitive psychologists and cognitive neuroscientists as they share and connect their research findings and perspectives with experts in gifted and talented education. Collectively, the scholars offer an intriguing discussion of how their research might support the optimal performance of gifted and talented individuals, and inform the quality of services they must receive to do so.
    Minority Students in Special and Gifted Education
    In this book, Suzanne Donovan and Christopher Cross of the U.S. National Research Council, consider possible contributors to the disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic minority students in GT programs. Discussions include early biological and environmental influences and inequities in opportunities for preschool and K-12 education, as well as the possibilities of bias in the referral and assessment system that leads to placement in special programs.
    More Than a Test Score: Teens Talk About Being Gifted, Talented or Otherwise Extra-Ordinary
    Based on a survey of thousands of gifted teens, Robert Schultz, Ph.D. and James Delisle, Ph.D., offer this self-help book for young adults filled with stories, insights, honesty, and humor. You'll read gifted teens' thoughts on what it's like to feel left out, overwhelmed by expectations, underwhelmed by school and excited about life's possibilites.
    Motivating Gifted Students (The Practical Strategies Series in Gifted Education)
    Although gifted students are not normally considered at risk for academic failure, the seeming lack of motivation of many academically gifted students is a continuing area of concern and frustration for many teachers, parents, and counselors. Authors Del Siegle, Ph.D. and Betsy McCoach, Ph.D. explore crucial issues such as why some students who seem capable of outstanding performance fail to realize their potential and what causes some gifted students to be more motivated than others.
    Nature's Gambit: Child Prodigies and the Development of Human Potential
    Feldman's study of six male child prodigies includes extensive descriptions of the children's development in babyhood and early childhood. This volume includes case study material on an "omnibus prodigy" who scored well above 200 IQ.
    Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
    This book by Rachel Simmons, begins with the premise that girls are socialized to be sweet with a double bind: they must value friendships; but they must not express the anger that might destroy them. Lacking cultural permission to acknowledge conflict, girls develop what the author calls "a hidden culture of silent and indirect aggression." Simons, who visited 30 schools and talked to 300 girls, presents clear-cut strategies for parents, teachers, and girls who resist them.
    Once Upon a Mind: The Stories and Scholars of Gifted Child Education
    This book presents students with a unique introduction to the field of gifted education. The history and curriculum of gifted education are intermingled with interviews and stories highlighting the lives and words of educators and researchers who have devoted their time and energy to gifted children.
    Origins of Genius: Darwinian Perspectives on Creativity
    What makes an Einstein happen? How is it that some kids grow up to be Nobel laureates while others, seemingly their equals, go on to undistinguished careers? Dr. Dean Simonton, professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis, has striven to understand this phenomenon for years and has compiled his insights and research in this book.
    Patterns and Profiles of Promising Learners From Poverty (The Critical Issues in Equity and Excellence in Gifted Education Series)
    Written by Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D., this book provides a comprehensive review of the issues surrounding the education and inclusion of promising students from poverty in gifted and talented programs.
    Programs and Services for Gifted Secondary Students: A Guide to Recommended Practices
    Written by Felicia A. Dixon, Ph.D., this book is designed to be a reference for service and program options for practitioners, administrators, and coordinators of gifted education programs. As such, it is a companion to the lengthier and more in-depth The Handbook of Secondary Gifted Education. The first part focuses on the gifted adolescent, including suggestions for academic, personal/social, and career exploration best practices. The second part explicates programmatic offerings available for gifted secondary students, such as AP and IB programming, distance learning, magnet and other special schools, study abroad, and early entrance to college options. The final section moves the discussion from “what is” to “what could be” for high-ability adolescents.
    Prufrock Press Inc.
    For more than 20 years, Prufrock Press has been the leading resource supporting teachers and parents of gifted and advanced learners. From ideas for teaching gifted children in any school setting, to challenging curriculum units, to tools for identifying gifted children, Prufrock Press offers the most comprehensive line of gifted education support available anywhere!
    Reaching New Horizons: Gifted and Talented Education for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
    Jaime Castellano and Eva Díaz offer a comprehensive overview at the interface between bilingual/multicultural/ESL education and gifted education. The authors have collaborated to create a book that bridges research and practice and has far-reaching implications for educators at all levels as culturally and linguistically diverse students continue to impact public education.
    Reflections on Gifted Education: Critical Works by Joseph S. Renzulli and Colleagues
    In this book, more than 40 years of research and development are highlighted in a collection of articles published by Joseph S. Renzulli and his colleagues. Renzulli's work has had an impact on gifted education and enrichment pedagogy across the globe, based on the general theme of the need to apply more flexible approaches to identifying and developing giftedness and talents in young people. This collection of articles and chapters has strong foundational research support focusing on practical applications that teachers can use to create and differentiate learning and enrichment experiences for high potential and gifted and talented students.
    Re-forming ( Reforming ) Gifted Education: How Parents and Teachers Can Match the Program to the Child
    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.
    Removing the Mask: Giftedness in Poverty
    With Drs. Ruby Pane and Paul Slocumb, former president of Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT) and an educator for 30 years, explain how standard identification tools are not the best way to identify gifted children in poverty. The authors have created new instruments that take poverty into account, which provide schools a method for achieving equity in gifted programs.
    Reversing Underachievement Among Gifted Black Students
    This book provides excellent insight into the reasons some gifted black students are not identified as such by the processes currently in place. It also provides reasons some black parents may not wish their child to be included in gifted programs. It discusses black culture and dialect. A very good book for educators who are concerned about minorities being underrepresented in our school's gifted programs.
    Royal Fireworks Press
    One of the world's largest publishers of books for gifted students, the aim of Royal Fireworks Press is to enhance the educational experience of gifted and talented children and to provide teachers, administrators and parents with the books they need at affordable prices. The website includes a blog, support forum, and other resources related to gifted education.
    Scientific Genius: A psychology of science
    Author Dean Simonton develops a theory of scientific genius, using the "blind variation and selective retention" model of creativity as his starting point, and expands it into his own "chance-configuration" theory. He then accounts for aspects of pathbreaking science: mental processes and behaviors behind the creative act, cognitive and motivational styles of great scientists, causes and consequences of exceptional productivity, developmental antecedents of distinguished scientific work.
    See Jane win for girls: A smart girl's guide to success
    Noted child psychologist Sylvia Rimm, along with her daughters, a research psychologist and a pediatric oncology researcher, conducted a three-year survey of more than a thousand successful women to uncover what elements of their childhood and adolescence contributed to their success -- and how today's parents can give their own daughters the same advantages. Click here to read a review of this book.
    Self-theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development
    This innovative text sheds light on how people work --why they sometimes function well and, at other times, behave in ways that are self-defeating or destructive. Author Carol Dweck presents her groundbreaking research on adaptive and maladaptive cognitive-motivational patterns and shows: how these patterns originate in people’s self-theories; their consequences for the person – for achievement, social relationships, and emotional well-being; their consequences for society, from issues of human potential to stereotyping and intergroup relations; the experiences that create them.
    Serving Gifted Students in Rural Settings
    This book provides a framework for educating the gifted in rural settings. Case study vignettes and practical ideas for administrators and teachers are combined with theoretical applications. The book helps bridge the gap existing between rural education and accessible, effective gifted education.
    Smart Talk: What Kids Say About Growing Up Gifted
    Noted experts, Robert Schultz, James Delisle, Tyler Page, publish their survey of thousands of young people around the world. This candid book helps gifted kids know they're not alone and they're definitely not "weird." Activities help readers relate the information and issues to their own lives.
    Some observations of highly gifted children
    The authors summarize their observations of extremely gifted children observed in the course of testing and counseling at the New York University Clinic for the Social Adjustment of Gifted Children during the middle years of the 20th century. The chapter includes several clinical case studies and a discussion of educational and psychological problems faced by this population.
    Special Education and the Law: A Guide for Practitioners
    This guide is aimed at saving time by thoroughly translating legal regulations so educators can fully focus on the services their students need. Allan Osborne and Charles Russo touch on the relevant topics of court decisions surrounding student placement, legal definitions of parental rights and legal requirements of special education students and disciplinary actions.
    Special Education in Contemporary Society: An Introduction to Exceptionality
    A comprehensive coverage of human exceptionalities. This author, with a Ph.D. in the areas of human learning, child development, and behavioral disabilities, presents an emphasis on inclusion in this book. There are chapters on transition, multicultural consideration, and use of technology. See pages 315-361 for People who are gifted and talented by Julia Link Roberts.
    Special Populations in Gifted Education: Understanding Our Most Able Students From Diverse Backgrounds
    Chapters in this book focus on topics such as gifted education in rural environments, highly gifted learners, twice-exceptional children, gifted females, gifted and talented students on the autism spectrum, English language learners, underachievement, and students from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds. Special Populations in Gifted Education is a must-have for educators working with students from diverse backgrounds.
    Talent In Context: Historical and Social Perspectives on Giftedness
    This book seeks to define, understand, and enhance the talents of extraordinary individuals. The author discusses the social and historical forces that shapes the conceptualization and nurturing of gifted talent. The chapters go in depth about the perspectives-psychological, sociological, biological, and anthropological of the emergence of talent.
    Talented Teenagers: The Roots of Success & Failure
    The result of an extensive five-year study, this pioneering book examines a group of gifted teenagers in an effort to understand the loss of motivation and diminution of talent that takes place during this troublesome period. Click here to read a review of this book.
    Tapping the Power of Personalized Learning: A Roadmap for School Leaders
    In this book, James Rickabaugh, former superintendent and current director of the Institute for Personalized Learning (IPL), presents the groundbreaking results of the Institute's half-decade of research, development, and practice: a simple but powerful model for personalizing students' learning experiences by building their levels of commitment, ownership, and independence.
    The Academic Acceleration of Gifted Children
    Whether to admit a student into school earlier than the mandated age or advance a student ahead of his or her chronological peers remains for educators, parents, and students alike an issue of continuing concern and debate. This book provides a major review of the history and background issues surrounding this topic, past and present research, and the state of the implementation of accelerative practices in American schools as of the date of its publication in 1991.
    The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance
    This handbook covers the concept of expertise, differentiating between the performance and knowledge of experts and non-experts. The editors imply a series of interviews and diary entries to further display the inner workings of the minds of experts. Topics of expertise covered include brain activity, self-regulated learning, knowledge management, and much more.
    The Discovery of Talent
    The essays in this book, an expanded version of the Winter 1968 Special Issue of the Harvard Educational Review, examine the concept of equal educational opportunity in the context of these research findings and the current school crisis.
    The Gifted Child Grows Up
    This is the fourth volume resulting from the Stanford studies of gifted children. The present volume is an over-all report of the work done with the California group of gifted subjects from 1921 to 1946, the greater part of it being devoted to a summary of the follow-up data obtained in 1940 and 1945. The chief aim of the report is to give as complete a picture as possible, within a single volume, of what the group is like at the end of the first twenty-five years of testing and observation.
    The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know? (2nd ed.)
    The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children provides a comprehensive summary of the empirical research on the social and emotional development of gifted children by leading authorities in the field. It includes several features that make it the leading text on what we know about the social and emotional development of gifted children. For example, it summarizes the most significant findings from the empirical research on the topic. It also includes noteworthy variations that have been observed across cultural groups or global contexts. Each chapter also provides a short description of the practical applications that can be made from the research. The second edition includes an entirely new section on the psychosocial aspects of talent development, as well as addresses the burgeoning interest and research base regarding gifted performance. The text also includes several new topics that have emerged from the research in the past decade, such as the neuroscience of talent development and motivation for talent development. Click here to read a review of the first edition of this book.
    The Survival Guide for Gifted Kids: For Ages 10 & Under
    Written by Judy Galbraith, this book is a classic introduction to growing up gifted, the GUIDE has now been revised and updated for today’s bright, creative, talented kids. Based on new surveys of hundreds of gifted kids, it speaks directly to them. It includes first-person advice from boys and girls that’s pertinent, realistic, and inspiring. It answers readers’ questions about why they think and learn the way they do, what 'giftedness' and IQ really mean, different types of intelligence, how to handle high expectations, how to make school more challenging, how to cope with teasing, how to make friends, and much more. Click here to read a review of an older edition of this book.
    To Be Young and Gifted
    This book offers insights into the intellectual and emotional development of exceptional children. Contributors explore the nature of giftedness and how to recognize it in youngsters; the complexities of the creative process; standardized tests and their effectiveness in asserting potential; and developmental theories and how they relate to the identification of gifted children. Several chapters also examine young prodigies and the diversity of personalities and talents that exist among the gifted.
    Tracking trajectories of talent: Child prodigies growing up (Chapter - Talents Unfolding: Cognition and Development)
    This chapter in Talents Unfolding: Cognition and Development is a follow-up study of the six prodigies described in David Henry Feldman's book, Nature's Gambit. The author discusses the middle, adolescent years of these children and development of their talents. It is a continuation of longitudinal study.
    Understanding Those Who Create
    Jane Piirto brings to her readers a unique perspective on the study of creativity from her dual life as a long-time educator and as a professional writer. She has masterfully synthesized and translated the major research on creativity and giftedness into a comprehensive and readable book.
    Uniquely Gifted: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of the Twice-Exceptional Student
    This book edited by Kiesa Kay brings together perspectives from educators, parents, researchers, and students about what works and what doesn't for twice exceptional students. Many asynchronous learners exist in the profoundly gifted population, and in addition to chapters by well-known researchers, the book contains heartfelt essays by parents and teens.
    Whatever Happened to the Quiz Kids?: Perils and Profits of Growing Up Gifted
    This book is a follow-up study of the world-famous high-IQ "Quiz Kids" of radio show fame from the 1940s radio show "The Quiz Kids." The author, a former Quiz Kid herself, tracked down many Quiz Kid cohorts and administered a questionnaire, then chose a selection of the Quiz Kids to interview in-depth.
    Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades: And What You Can Do About It
    Dr. Sylvia Rimm offers help for parents of underachieving children. Drawing on both clinical research and years of experience counseling families, she has developed a “Trifocal Model” to help parents and teachers work together to get students back on track. Previously published in an earlier edition as Underachievement Syndrome: Causes and Cures.

  • Printed Materials: Online Documents

    Acceleration for Gifted Students
    This background paper by Margaret DeLacy was created for the Portland Public School District Talented and Gifted Advisory Committee. The article includes discussion of acceleration and enrichment, research concerning the effects of acceleration, the academic effects of acceleration, book references and more.
    Are you ADD - or Just Gifted?
    This article is two excerpts from gifted and talented resources. The first excerpt is from an interview with Stephanie S. Tolan who "writes about giftedness for Advanced Development Journal and Roeper Review, and is a consultant on highly gifted children." The second excerpt is from "ADHD and Children Who Are Gifted", ERIC Digest #522.
    Dealing With the Needs of Underachieving Gifted Students in a Suburban School District: What Works!
    This article looks at who 'underachievers' historically are and what one urban school district is doing to help young people break the cycle of underachievement.
    Educating the Very Able
    This report is designed to provide current research findings about the development and education of very able pupils, and improve communication between researchers and those who make and carry out practical educational decisions. (This report was presented to the British Parliament as a glimpse of research and methods used by other nations in identifying, educating and assisting profoundly gifted children.)
    Remarkable Women: Perspectives on Female Talent Development
    This 18-page booklet is the first publication to consolidate and expand existing knowledge about highly capable women and the internal and external forces that lead them to extraordinary adult accomplishment. The collected studies include women from a wide variety of backgrounds and talent domains whose paths to exceptional achievement illuminate the nature of female talent development and provide models to help more women fulfill their promise in adulthood.
    Research articles from Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University
    This is a list of articles authored by Center for Talent Development's director and other works referencing 27 years of experience. Includes: A Research-Based Primer on Terminology and Educational Options for Gifted Students; Tracking Your Child's Achievement Using NUMATS; Research Evidence Regarding the Validity and Effects of Talent Search Educational Programs; and, Talent Search - Purposes, Rationale, and Role in Gifted Education.
    The Paradox of Giftedness and Autism (PDF)
    Developed by the Belin-Blank Center, this information packet is designed for professionals working in the field of gifted education. It covers the relationship between giftedness and autism, as well as other twice-exceptional issues.

  • Printed Materials: Periodicals/Reports & Studies

    A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students
    Some of America's brightest gifted students are held back and left behind, according to The Templeton National Report on Acceleration. This easy-to-read, user-friendly report explains why many schools, parents and teachers have not yet come to terms with acceleration - despite overwhelming evidence in its favor. Teachers and parents are presented information on early-entrance, grade skipping, the AP program and early college. Comments are accepted; this report can be downloaded online.
    Achievement Trap: How America is Failing Millions of High-Achieving Students from Lower-Income Families (PDF)
    Today in America, there are millions of students who are overcoming challenging socioeconomic circumstances to excel academically. Sadly, these students lose more educational ground and excel less frequently than their higher-income peers. Instead of being recognized for their excellence and encouraged to strengthen their achievement, high-achieving
    lower-income students enter the "achievement trap" - educators, policymakers, and the public assume they can fend for themselves when the facts show otherwise.
    Blue Valley Parent Advocates for Gifted Education (BVPAGE) - Results of Acceleration Surveys

    This survey was created and conducted by the Blue Valley Parent Advocates for Gifted Education (BVPAGE), a parent support group in Johnson County, Kansas. The survey was conducted from July 2016 through January 1, 2017 and consisted mostly of respondents from the Blue Valley school district. The intention was to gather information, experiences, considerations, advantages, and disadvantages of whole grade or single subject acceleration. Chose TO Accelerate Responses by Question; Chose TO Accelerate Responses by Individual; Chose NOT TO Accelerate Responses by Question; Chose NOT TO Accelerate Responses by Individual; Presentation Notes.

    Equal Talents, Unequal Opportunities: A Report Card on State Support for Academically Talented Low-Income Students (2nd Edition)

    Released in 2018, this report from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is about the excellence gap and shows that state policies nationwide are failing to effectively support students who have the potential to reach high levels of academic performance, particularly students from low-income backgrounds. The excellence gap refers to the disparity in the percent of lower-income versus higher-income students who reach advanced levels of academic performance. The “gap” appears in elementary school and continues as students move through middle school, high school, college and beyond. This report grades states on 18 simple indicators representing nine distinct state-level policies and nine specific measures of student outcomes. This report is an update to the original 2015 version.

    Exam Schools: Inside America's Most Selective Public High Schools
    What is the best education for exceptionally able and high-achieving youngsters? Can the United States strengthen its future intellectual leadership, economic vitality, and scientific prowess without sacrificing equal opportunity? There are no easy answers but, as Chester Finn and Jessica Hockett show, for more than 100,000 students each year, the solution is to enroll in an academically selective public high school. Exam Schools is the first-ever close-up look at this small, sometimes controversial, yet crucial segment of American public education. This groundbreaking book discusses how these schools work—and their critical role in nurturing the country's brightest students.
    Gifted Child Quarterly (GCQ)
    Gifted Child Quarterly publishes original research and new and creative insights about giftedness and talent development in the context of the school, the home, and the wider society. Each issue offers scholarly literature reviews and quantitative or qualitative research studies that explore the characteristics of gifted students, program models, curriculum and other important areas that maximize the development and education of gifted students.
    Gifted Child Today
    This periodical offers information on issues related to gifted children for parents, teachers and administrators. Topics such as teaching strategies, building effective gifted and talented programs and working with learning-disabled gifted children are often covered. Journal articles also offer advice on identifying gifted children, building effective gifted education methods in specific subjects and much more. In addition, some of the nation's most respected gifted education experts share their knowledge in regular columns.
    High Ability Studies
    High Ability Studies is an international refereed journal which publishes papers in English, as well as book reviews and other material. It is the official scholarly journal of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA). It is a medium for the promotion of high ability, whether through the communication of scientific research, theory, or the exchange of practical experience and ideas. The contents are unique in reflecting concerns and recent developments in this area from childhood across the whole life span. It also presents investigations into other areas of human endeavour, including sports, technology, the arts, business, management and social relations.
    High Stakes for High Achievers: State Accountability in the Age of ESSA
    This publication examines the extent to which states’ current (or planned) accountability systems attend to the educational needs of high-achieving students; it also explains how states can take advantage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to create systems that serve all students.
    High-Achieving Students in the Era of No Child Left Behind
    This publication reports the results of the first two studies of a multifaceted research investigation of the state of high-achieving students in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) era. The report concludes that while the lowest-achieving youngsters have gained significantly, top pupils have “languished” academically.
    Journal for the Education of the Gifted (JEG)
    The Journal for the Education of the Gifted (JEG) is committed to the analysis and communication of knowledge and research related to the field of gifted education. JEG is the official publication of The Association for the Gifted.
    Longitudinal Study of PACE
    This research study, host by the University of Conneticut's National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented covers the long range effects of participation in an elementary, enrichment, pullout program on gifted students. In order to investigate this question, researchers will be conducting an ongoing longitudinal study of gifted students who participated in the Program for Academic and Creative Enrichment (PACE).
    Love and Work: The Legacy of Early University Entrance
    Published by the University of Washington, this report is an overview of the second follow-up study discussing their early entrance program. It outlines the strengths, weaknesses, and evolution of various aspects including the fact that early entrants need a welcoming college or university environment. In addition, this report compiled by Kathleen Noble, Robert Vaughan, Christina Chan, Sarah Childers, Bryan Chow, Ariel Federow, and Sean Hughes reveals possible effects of acceleration and graduation rates.
    Residential Schools of Mathematics and Science for Academically Talented Youth: An Analysis of Admission Programs
    The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented conducted research to analyze and evaluate the procedures used in selecting youth for state supported residential schools of mathematics and science. Authors Fathi A. Jarwan and John F. Feldhusen offer ways to discover the correlations between admission programs and students grade point average.

  • Schools & Programs: College Affiliated

    Belin-Blank Center - The University of Iowa (IA)
    One of the top gifted education and talent development centers in the nation, the Belin-Blank Center has established itself as a worldwide leader in research, training and gifted resources. Gifted students are the focus – this organization concentrates on identification, specialized opportunities (such as talent searches and summer programs) and much more. With a recent focus on international education, useful policy information and more is available for those interested, all over the globe. There are also a number of resources available for parents and teachers.
    Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA)
    The Center for Gifted Education at The College of William and Mary, a research and development center, was established in 1988. The Center provides services to educators, policy makers, graduate students, researchers, parents, and students in support of the needs of gifted and talented individuals. Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, the Center has established a national reputation for excellence in research, curriculum development, and service. Several major grants, including funding from the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act, have provided significant support for the work of the Center.
    Center for Talent Development (CTD) - Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
    The Center for Talent Development (CTD), housed at Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy, is an accredited learning center and research facility serving gifted students, their families and educators for nearly 30 years. Some of their programs include: the Midwest Talent Search, summer programs for pre-K through grade 12, Saturday enrichment programs for pre-K through grade 9, an Accelerated Weekend Experience (AWE), Gifted Learning Links for K through grade 12, a Civic Education Program for grades 7 through 12, scholarship programs for underrepresented students, and educator and parent programs.
    Gifted Education Resource Institute (GERI) - Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)
    The Gifted Education Resource Institute (GERI) at Purdue University conducts research into the psychology of gifted and talented individuals and effective educational practices for high ability youth. Super Saturday and the GERI Summer Camps, GERI's youth talent development programs, provide challenging learning opportunities and a healthy social environment to a diverse population of high ability children and teens.
    Judith Herb College of Education - Gifted and Talented Education (University of Toledo - OH)
    The University of Toledo's College of Education offers graduate programs focus on the nature and needs of Gifted, Talented and Creative individuals throughout the lifespan. Special emphasis is placed on balancing the Cognitive and Affective domains of knowledge and knowing in relation to the education and development of learners. The location of the university offers students opportunities to work with children/adults who have a wide range of abilities in a variety of school and non-school settings. Robert Arthur Schultz, Ph.D. is Professor of Gifted Education and Curriculum Studies.
    Project Zero - Harvard University
    Project Zero is an educational research group at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University. Area of research include Artful Thinking, Cultures of Thinking and Learning Innovations Laboratory.
    Robinson Center for Young Scholars at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
    The University of Washington is home to an internationally unique and renowned resource for gifted students, the Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars. For more than 25 years, the Robinson Center has been the gateway through which some of the brightest young scholars in Washington state enter the University of Washington and/or participate in academically accelerated summer courses. The Early Entrance Program and UW Academy are the Robinson Center’s early university entrance programs. The Robinson Center also offers summer academic programs for students finishing the 5th-10th grade, as well as a Saturday Enrichment Program during the school year and the Robinson Center Online Program.
    The Center for Gifted Studies - Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY)
    Located on the Western Kentucky University campus, The Center for Gifted Studies has been serving children who are gifted and talented, their educators, and their parents for more than 35 years. The Center provides exciting educational opportunities for gifted young people, including residential summer programs for sixth through tenth graders. It also provides professional development for teachers, including one of the largest Advanced Placement Summer Institutes in the country and a Master’s Degree in Gifted Education and Talent Development.
    The Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies - University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)
    In 2004, The Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies celebrated its 25th anniversary. The Center for Gifted Studies was established in 1979 and provides services for children and youth in grades kindergarten through 12 and support for teachers at the undergraduate and graduate level.
    University of Georgia - College of Education, Torrance Center for Creativity & Talent Development (Athens, GA)
    This service, research, and instructional center is concerned with the identification and development of creative potential and with gifted and future studies. Its goals are to investigate, implement, and evaluate techniques for enhancing creative thinking and to facilitate national and international systems that support creative development.

  • Schools & Programs: Independent

    Khan Lab School (Mountain View, CA)

    This brick-and-mortar lab school launched by the founder of Khan Academy, Sal Khan, is dedicated to research-based instruction and furthering innovation in education. Khan Lab School serves students ages 5-14+ and is launching a high school in September 2017. Khan Lab School's purpose is to develop new, personalized practices that center around the student. In keeping with Sal Khan’s "One World Schoolhouse"​ philosophy, KLS provides an extended-year, extended-day, mixed-age program with a project-based learning approach. The academic experience is coordinated by a team of Advisors, Content Specialists, and Associate Teachers who guide students through gradually increasing levels of independence.

    Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium (Sarasota, FL)
    This is an academic research facility and aquarium that monitors Atlantic sealife and has a network of remote sensors that produce data sets for research.

  • Websites & Other Media: Commercial

    Dr. Roger Taylor presents Curriculum Design Online
    This online curriculum resource was developed by Dr. T. Roger Taylor. In his 35 years as a classroom teacher, administrator, professor and internationally-known educational consultant, Dr. Taylor has authored/co-authored more than 5,000 integrated, interdisciplinary thematic curriculum units. The units are written based on the AHA (Analyzing Human Activities) model created by Dr. Taylor. This unique model includes specific application of the most recent brain research, multiple intelligences and constructivist hands-on project-centered learning in alignment with state defined benchmarks and standards.
    Gifted Education Press
    Gifted Education Press is one of the leading publishers of books and periodicals on identifying and teaching the gifted. The company produces numerous rigorous books in the sciences, mathematics and humanities, as well as a quarterly publication, Gifted Education Press Quarterly.
    Pro-Ed Online
    Pro-Ed, Inc. is a leading publisher of nationally standardized tests, resource and reference texts, curricular and therapy materials, and professional journals.

  • Websites & Other Media: For Educators

    National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) - National Programming Standards
    NAGC has developed national standards in programming and services and teacher preparation to guide high quality education for the nation’s estimated 3 to 5 million gifted and talented students. Standards provide a basis for policies, rules, and procedures that are essential for providing systematic programs and services to any special population of students. While standards may be addressed and implemented in a variety of ways, they provide important direction and focus to designing and developing options for gifted learners at the local level.

  • Websites & Other Media: Informational

    A Broadly Based Analysis of Mathematical Giftedness
    This resource links you to a quantitative research study on the relation of gender and mathematics among the gifted by the University of Illinois. The study found substantial male superiority among seventh and eight grade students at extremely high levels of mathematical talent.
    A practical system for identifying gifted and talented students
    "The system for identifying gifted and talented students described in this article is based on a broad range of research that has accumulated over the years on the characteristics of creative and productive individuals (Renzulli, 1986). Essentially, this research tells us that highly productive people are characterized by three interlocking clusters of ability, these clusters being above average (though not necessarily superior) ability, task commitment, and creativity."
    A study of achievement and underachievement among gifted, potentially gifted, and average African-American students
    This brief article presents the findings of a study consisting of interviews with mid-Atlantic middle and high school African-American students. A number of conclusions are drawn from the study, including the underrepresentation of these students in gifted programs, difficulty in identification, and the need for partnerships between home-student-school to promote achievement.
    An Analysis of the Research on Ability Grouping: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
    This research monograph analyzes the research on ability grouping for the gifted, focusing both on current research and a historical analysis. The study strongly supports the use of ability grouping for gifted populations. This study was sponsored by the federal government through the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented at the University of Connecticut.
    Best Evidence Encyclopedia
    What works in education? The Best Evidence Encyclopedia (BEE) presents reliable, unbiased reviews of research-proven educational programs to help policymakers, principals, teachers and researchers.
    Challenging schools' expectations of Native American students
    This study discusses the challenges facing schools related to the under-identification and placement of Native American students in public school programs for the gifted and talented.
    Child Trends Data Bank
    Child Trends Data Bank is the one-stop-shop for the latest national trends and research on more than 80 key indicators of child and youth well-being, with new indicators added each month!
    Davidson Institute's Gifted Issues Discussion Forum
    With more than 10,000 members, the Davidson Institute's Gifted Issues Discussion Forum is a free, public, constantly-growing online forum where parents of gifted students can share their experiences and post information about advocacy, research and other gifted education issues.
    Developing Our Brightest Minds: Report from the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth
    This report from Vanderbilt University reveals the complex mix of factors that create intellectual leaders: cognitive abilities, educational opportunities, investigative interests and old-fashioned hard work. Just one of the findings indicate that differences in ability exist even among this elite group. The findings contradict a widely held belief in educational literature that there is an "ability ceiling;" in other words, that differences are moot among the very top students
    Domain Based Moral Education
    This writing provides an overview of the major developmental theories currently influencing research on moral education. It reviews theories of moral development by Piaget, Kohlberg and Turiel, as well as a brief overview of the work of Carol Gilligan and the Morality of Care.
    Duke TIP - Gifted Today
    Duke TIP's Gifted Today provides articles on the practical issues that parents of academically gifted children often face, including how to advocate for your child, weigh different educational options, evaluate best practices, and address common social and emotional needs. The blog houses almost two decades’ worth of articles from TIP’s researchers, whose work appears in leading academic journals, as well as reviews of other important findings in the field of gifted education.
    EducationNews.org
    EducationNews.org is a fresh approach to the age-old problem of increasing coverage of education news. Education is not a topic that news organizations are able to provide premium coverage to all the time, so all education experts face the problem of educating the public. The mission of EducationNews.org is to become the most frequently used tool on the Internet for disseminating education news.
    ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
    ERIC EC gathers and disseminates professional literature, information, and resources on the education and development of individuals of all ages who have disabilities and/or who are gifted.
    Gender Differences in Abilities and Preferences Among the Gifed: Implications for the Math-Science Pipeline
    This article written by David Lubinski and Camilla Persson Benbow and hosted on the Vanderbilt website, is a research study on the gender differences in the abilities and preferences among the gifted in the fields of mathematics and sciences.
    Gifted Canada
    This website aims to provide a forum for Canadian researchers, educators, organizations and families to share information concerning gifted education, research and resources across Canada.
    GiftedSources.com
    This website provides links to a number of gifted websites, including a listing of professional associations and news publications. There is also a listing of specific subject matter links on such topics as math, science and social studies.
    GreatSchools.org
    GreatSchools is a non-profit organization with profiles of more than 200,000 preK-12 schools – public, public charter and private – and over one million reviews from parents, teachers and students sharing information about the schools they know best. There are also thousands of articles, worksheets and videos on this website to help parents encourage and support learning at home. With the personalized education guide, GreatKids helps parents see how their children are doing, supports learning and helps people find education resources.
    High School Journal of Mathematics
    The High School Journal of Math is a nonprofit organized by high school students and for high school students in order to increase mathematical literacy and give high school students the opportunity to get involved in mathematics. We provide a platform for students to read and publish mathematical projects and research, and we run a peer tutoring program for students to connect and learn from each other.
    Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
    "HOTS was developed in 1980 by Dr. Stanley Pogrow, Professor of Education at the University of Arizona, and one of the leading national experts on school reform. Dr. Pogrow discovered that the primary learning need of Title I and LD students in grades 4-8 was not content remediation, but the development of the types of thinking skills needed to process the more complex and integrative classroom content found in grades 4-8."
    Hoagies' Gifted Education Page
    This is a comprehensive website about giftedness, with links to articles, resources, and major national programs for gifted children. A separate section of the website provides resources for families with highly, exceptionally, and profoundly gifted children.
    IDEAL Solutions for STEM Acceleration
    The Inventory for Decisions about Educational Acceleration and Learning (IDEAL) Solutions for STEM Acceleration is a web-based system that provides student-centered feedback to inform decisions about academic acceleration in STEM fields. The program draws upon their expertise in the area of academic acceleration and have capitalized specifically upon the wide-ranging information available through the Institute for Research and Policy on Acceleration (IRPA). IRPA is part of the Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development.
    Imaging Intelligence
    Through EEG (electroencephalography) and PET (Positron Emission Tomography) studies, the Brain Imaging Center of the University of California , Irvine has been examining the physiology of thought processes. Using this technology, researchers hope to provide better understanding of gender differences in math skills.
    Intelligence - Great Ideas in Personality
    This page hosted by PersonalityResearch.org, covers the discussion that there are basically two camps on the theory of intelligence: One of general intelligence and one of multiple intelligences.
    Mind Matters Podcast
    The Mind Matters Podcast features discussions with leaders in the fields of psychology, education, and beyond, with an emphasis on gifted/talented and 2e (twice-exceptional) children and adults. Mind Matters explores parenting, counseling techniques, and best practices for enriching the lives of high-ability people.
    National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) - State of the States in Gifted Education Report
    National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted (CSDPG) conduct a binannual survey of how states regulate and support programs for advanced students called State of the States in Gifted Education. The majority of the information is posted on the NAGC website, but the full report is available for purchase through their online bookstore.
    National excellence: A case for developing America's talent
    This 1993 publication was first national report on the status of educating gifted and talented students since 1973. The crux of the paper outlines the 'quiet crisis' occurring in our educational system. There are historical data, analyses and recommendations.
    National Professional Resources (NPR) - Gifted and Talented Enrichment
    Along with videos/DVDs, National Professional Resources (NPR) also publishes and distributes books for staff development in the field of education. Areas of concentration include Administration/School Reform, Special Education/Inclusion, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Multiple Intelligences/Emotional Intelligence just to name a few.
    Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation (PARE)
    Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation (PARE) is an online journal that provides education professionals access to articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation, and teaching practice, especially at the local education agency (LEA) level.
    Professor Joan Freeman
    This website is the homepage for Professor Joan Freeman -- a distinguished psychologist working in the development of human abilities to their highest levels. She has conducted and supervised substantial research and published widely, including 16 books and her continuing study of gifted children since 1974. Publications for sale as well as some for free are available on her website.
    Study of Exceptional Talent (SET)
    The Study of Exceptional Talent (SET)is a project of the Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth (CTY), that identifies students throughout the U.S. who exhibit extraordinary mathematical or verbal reasoning ability by performing exceptionally well on the SAT I before the age of 13. SET is an outgrowth of the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) at Johns Hopkins University which pioneered the concept of above- grade-level testing of middle school students, using the SAT to identify exceptionally talented mathematical reasoners, then offering academic summer programs for students who exhibit exceptional reasoning ability.
    Table of developmental milestones contrasting normal children with gifted children at 30% advancement
    This is a great site that gives parents of young children a great source of information about the developemental milestones while contrasting normal children with gifted children.
    The Gifted Identity Formation Model
    The Gifted Identity Formation Model, presented here, helps bridge the theoretical with the practical, includes identity and its formation as crucial variables in the counseling process and uses identity as the baseline for intervention. The model aids with assessment and helps deliver counseling related interventions that explore and strengthen the identity and identity formation of gifted people, in turn enhancing the health and development of the self.
    The Relationship of Grouping Practices to the Education of the Gifted and Talented Learner: Research-Based Decision Making
    This research monograph is an overview of the uses of ability grouping in education. The results support ability grouping gifted students, especially at the highest ranges of intellect and specific talents. Included is a series of guidelines for practice based upon the research.
    What is this thing called giftedness, and how do we develop it?
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    What Works Clearinghouse (WWC)
    The current nationwide emphasis on ensuring that all students and schools meet high standards has increased the demand for evidence of "what works" in education. Currently, few resources exist to help education decision makers differentiate high-quality research from weaker research and promotional claims. As a decision-making tool, the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) helps the education community locate and recognize credible and reliable evidence to make informed decisions.