Methods and Materials for Teaching the Gifted

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The completely revised and updated fifth edition of Methods and Materials for Teaching the Gifted: Provides a comprehensive examination of the most current research and best practices in the field of gifted education. Addresses identification, twice-exceptionality, and culturally and linguistically diverse learners. Includes chapters related to designing curriculum and differentiating instruction. Covers developing critical and creative thinking, as well as encouraging talent development. Features chapter authors who are recognized researchers, practitioners, and leaders in the field of gifted education. The chapters are organized to promote critical thinking and discussion about each topic. This text is a complete resource curated for a wide range of K-12 educators and those working with inservice and preservice educators and administrators.

Jennifer H. Robins, Ph.D., is the Director of the Center for Community Learning and Enrichment in the Department of Educational Psychology at Baylor University and a clinical assistant professor. She received her doctorate in educational psychology with an emphasis in gifted education from Baylor University. She worked as senior editor at Prufrock Press, focusing on the development of scholarly materials, and was Director of Publications and Professional Development at the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary. In 2019, she will become coeditor of the Journal for the Education of the Gifted. Jennifer L. Jolly, Ph.D., is an associate professor in gifted education at the University of Alabama, and her previous positions include Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales. She is currently Association Editor for the National Association for Gifted Children, and, in 2019, she will become coeditor of the Journal for the Education of the Gifted. Her work has been published in Gifted Child Quarterly, Journal for the Education for the Gifted, Roeper Review, and Gifted Child Today. Jennifer has written and edited several books, including A Century of Contributions to Gifted Education: Illuminating Lives with Ann Robinson and Parenting Gifted Children. She also served as editor of Parenting for High Potential from 2007 to 2012. Since 2010, she has served as a member of NAGC's Professional Standards Committee, contributing to Using the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts With Gifted and Advanced Learners.

This revised edition of Methods & Materials for Teaching the Gifted accomplishes one of the most challenging feats in education: bridging theory and practice in a way that is accessible to the newest of gifted education practitioners without glossing over the complexities of the most up to date research in the field. Each of the 21 chapters is full of straightforward, practical application of research and honest discussions of the disagreements within the field over how each might be applied.,Celeste D. C. Sodergren,Gifted Education Review, 3/1/21