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Record Nr.

UNINA9910481039703321

Autore

Tallent-Runnels Mary K.

Titolo

Academic competitions for gifted students : a resource book for teachers and parents / / Mary K. Tallent-Runnels, Ann C. Candler-Lotven

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, CA : , : Corwin Press, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

1-4522-9489-5

1-4522-9801-7

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

371.95

Soggetti

School contests - United States

Gifted children - Education - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Include indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Introduction: Making Decisions about Competitive Programs for Gifted Students""; ""How to Use This Book""; ""Characteristics of Good Competitions""; ""Reference""; ""Chapter 1 - Selecting, Preparing for, and Participating in Competitions""; ""Selected Characteristics and Needs of Gifted and Talented Students: How They Influence Contest Participation""; ""Effects of Competition: Good News""; ""Effects of Competition: Bad News""; ""How to Anticipate and Avoid Problems in the Use of Competitions""

""How to Maximize benefits from Competitions""""References""; ""Chapter 2 - Competition Descriptions""; ""AAA High School Travel Challenge""; ""AATSP Elementary/Middle School Poster Contest""; ""Academic Games Leagues of America National Tournament""; ""Academic Triathlon""; ""Achievement Awards in Writing""; ""Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Scholastic Art and Writing Awards""; ""All-USA High School Academic Team Competition""; ""Amateur Poetry Contest""; ""American Computer Science League""; ""American Enterprise Speech Contest""; ""American History Essay Contest""



""American Invitational Mathematics Exam""""American Mathematics Competitions""; ""American Mathematics Contest 8""; ""American Regions Mathematics League""; ""American Scholastics Mathematics Competition""; ""American Society of Newspaper Editors, Quill and Scroll International Writing, Photo Contest""; ""American Veterans (AMVETS) Americanism Program""; ""Ann Arlys Bowler Poetry Contest""; ""ARTS Recognition and Talent Search""; ""Association of Educational Publishers Student Publishing Awards""; ""Ayn Rand Essay Contest""; ""Baker�s Plays High School Playwriting Contest""

""BEST Robotics Competition""""Biz Plan Competition""; ""Botball Robotics""; ""Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge""; ""CANE (Classical Association of New England) Writing Contest""; ""Christopher Columbus Awards""; ""Civic Education Project: Civic Week""; ""Clarke�Bradbury Science Fiction Competition""; ""Classical Association of New England""; ""Concord Review Emerson Prize""; ""Continental Mathematics League""; ""Creative Writing Essay Contest""; ""Cricket League Contest""; ""Destination Imagination""; ""Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge""; ""Doors to Diplomacy""

""DuPont Challenge Science Essay Awards Program""""Duracell/NSTA Scholarship Competition""; ""eCybermission""; ""Edventures Robotics Contest""; ""EngineerGirl Essay Contest""; ""Federal Reserve Bank Fed Challenge""; ""Federal Reserve Bank Student Essay Contest""; ""Fire Fighting Robot Contest""; ""First Middle-Grade Novel Contest""; ""FIRST Robotics Competition""; ""First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics""; ""First Young Adult Novel""; ""Foundations for Life National Essay Program & Contest""; ""Frazier Institute Student Essay Contest""; ""Freedoms Foundation National Awards Program""

""Future City Competition""

Sommario/riassunto

This handbook covers 170 competitions, criteria for selecting events that match students' strengths/weaknesses, strategies for maximizing the benefits of competitions, and ways to avoid potential problems.