Acceleration Strategies for Teaching Gifted Learners (Practical Strategies Series in Gifted Education) [Paperback]

Joyce VanTassel-Baska Ed.D. (Author), Frances Karnes Ph.D. (Author), Kristen Stephens Ph.D. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2005 | ISBN-10: 159363014X | ISBN-13: 978-1593630140

Acceleration, or the idea that gifted students should be allowed to move more quickly through a subject area, is a practice supported by a wide body of research. However, it can be a challenge to implement. This book focuses on multiple strategies for accelerating gifted children in any school setting.

In this concise introduction to the topic, Dr. VanTassel-Baska offers many teacher-friendly ways in which acceleration can be employed in classrooms at all levels and in all subject areas. The author offers specific strategies for identifying candidates for acceleration, programmatic approaches to employ, and teacher strategies to use for content acceleration in the classroom.

This is one of the books in Prufrock Press' popular Practical Strategies Series in Gifted Education. This series offers a unique collection of tightly focused books that provide a concise, practical introduction to important topics concerning the education of gifted children. The guides offer a perfect beginner's introduction to key information about gifted and talented education.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Joyce VanTassel-Baska, a well-known name in gifted education, makes a very succinct argument in favor of acceleration. She reviews the research, dispels myths, describes the effects of acceleration, [and] provides options, strategies, and case studies to advance the belief that acceleration is an efficient and effective way to meet the needs of gifted students. --Elaine Wiener, California Association for the Gifted

About the Author

Joyce VanTassel-Baska is the Jody and Layton Smith Professor of Education at the College of William and Mary, where she initiated and serves as the director of the Center for Gifted Education. Formerly she initiated and directed the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University. Joyce has also served as state director of gifted programs in Illinois, a regional director, a local coordinator of gifted programs, and a teacher of gifted high school students. Her major research interests are in the talent development process and effective curricular interventions with the gifted. She is the author of several books and has written over 200 other publications on gifted education. She is the editor of Gifted and Talented International and received the Distinguished Scholar Award in 1997 from the National Association for Gifted Children and the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia in 1993. She is also the mother of an adolescent daughter. She holds a B.E., M.A., M.E., and Ed.D. from the University of Toledo.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Prufrock Press, Inc. (January 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159363014X
• ISBN-13: 978-1593630140
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,033,873 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)