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Content-Based Curriculum for High-Ability Learners, Second Edition
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VanTassel-Baska, Joyce, Ed.; Little, Catherine A., Ed. – Prufrock Press Inc, 2011
The newly updated "Content-Based Curriculum for High-Ability Learners" provides a solid introduction to curriculum development in gifted and talented education. Written by experts in the field of gifted education, this text uses cutting-edge design techniques and aligns the core content with national and state standards. In addition to a revision…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Special Education, Curriculum Development, Integrated Curriculum
Handbook of International Research in Mathematics Education.
English, Lyn D., Ed. – 2002
This handbook brings together important mathematics education research that makes a difference in both theory and practice, research that anticipates problems and necessary knowledge before they become impediments to progress, interprets future-oriented problems into researchable issues, presents the implications of research and theory development…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development
Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking. Revised Edition, Volume 1.
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Costa, Arthur L., Ed. – 1991
This eight-part book contains 69 articles which address topics related to helping students become effective thinkers. The articles are organized under these categories: (1) the need to teach students to think; (2) creating school conditions for thinking; (3) what is thinking? deciding on definitions; (4) a curriculum for thinking; (5) thinking…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking
Developing Minds: Programs for Teaching Thinking. Revised Edition, Volume 2.
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Costa, Arthur L., Ed. – 1991
This book contains 29 articles which address topics related to teaching thinking. The articles include: (1) "Balancing Process and Content" (Marilyn Jager Adams); (2) "Structure of Intellect (SOI)" (Mary N. Meeker); (3) "Instrumental Enrichment" (Francis R. Link); (4) "Thinking to Write: Assessing Higher-Order Cognitive Skills and Abilities"…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking
Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking. 3rd Edition.
Costa, Arthur L., Ed. – 2001
The major purpose of this book is to rejuvenate the focus on thinking throughout the curriculum. This collection of 85 essays is intended to help educational leaders--teachers, administrators, curriculum workers, staff developers, and teacher educators--infuse curriculum, instruction, and school organization with practices that more fully develop…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking
Content-Based Curriculum for High-Ability Learners.
VanTassel-Baska, Joyce, Ed.; Little, Catherine A., Ed. – 2003
The 14 chapters in this volume are intended to facilitate differentiated curriculum development for gifted students that is substantive, rigorous, and in keeping with disciplinary structures. The chapters are: (1) "Content-Based Curriculum for High Ability Learners: An Introduction" (Joyce VanTassel-Baska); (2) "Accelerating…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Cognitive Processes
Relevant Research. Scope, Sequence, and Coordination of Secondary School Science. Vol. II.
Pearsall, Marcia K., Ed. – 1992
This book is a collection of research papers and respected philosophical statements on how secondary school students learn science best. Taken together, these papers serve as the basis for the Project on Scope, Sequence, and Coordination of Secondary School Science (SS&C). This book explains where the learning ideas of the SS&C Content…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, Concept Formation