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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797305203321

Titolo

Grouping and acceleration practices in gifted education / / Linda E. Brody, editor ; acquisitions editor Kylee Liegl ; production editor Sanford Robinson ; cover designer Tracy E. Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-4833-6109-8

1-4833-6326-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Essential Readings in Gifted Education ; ; 3

Disciplina

371.95

Soggetti

Gifted children - Education - United States

Educational acceleration - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A joint publication of Corwin Press and the National Association for Gifted Children."

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""About the Editors""; ""Series Introduction""; ""Introduction to Grouping and Acceleration Practices in Gifted Education""; ""Chapter 1 - How Did Six Highly Accelerated Gifted Students Fare in Graduate School?""; ""Chapter 2 - Five Years of Early Entrants: Predicting Successful Achievement in College""; ""Chapter 3 - The Use of Radical Acceleration in Cases of Extreme Intellectual Precocity""; ""Chapter 4 - The Use of Subject and Grade Skipping for the Prevention and Reversal of Underachievement""

""Chapter 5 - The Impact of Early Entrance to College on Self-Esteem: A Preliminary Study""""Chapter 6 - Accelerative Strategies: How Effective are They for the Gifted?""; ""Chapter 7 - Educational Decision Making on Acceleration and Grouping""; ""Chapter 8 - Grouping Gifted Students: Issues and Concerns""; ""Chapter 9 - Cooperative Learning and Ability Grouping: An Issue of Choice""; ""Chapter 10 - Meta-analytic Findings on Grouping Programs""; ""Chapter 11 - An Investigation of the Effects of Total School Flexible Cluster Grouping on Identification, Achievement, and Classroom Practices""



""Chapter 12 - Programming, Grouping, and Acceleration in Rural School Districts: A Survey of Attitudes and Practices""""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Various forms of grouping and acceleration are studied in this volume, along with recommendations for implementation.