LEADER 04994nam 2200649 450 001 9910481039703321 005 20170822145259.0 010 $a1-4522-9489-5 010 $a1-4522-9801-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000456782 035 $a(EBL)1655819 035 $a(OCoLC)923707394 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001530162 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12629654 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001530162 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11522971 035 $a(PQKB)10186374 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1994155 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5396927 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000456782 100 $a20070521h20082008 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAcademic competitions for gifted students $ea resource book for teachers and parents /$fMary K. Tallent-Runnels, Ann C. Candler-Lotven 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aThousand Oaks, CA :$cCorwin Press,$d[2008] 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 300 $aInclude indexes. 311 $a1-4129-5911-X 311 $a1-4129-5910-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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""; ""Bakera???s Plays High School Playwriting Contest"" 327 $a""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""; ""Clarkea???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"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""Future City Competition"" 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aSchool contests$zUnited States 606 $aGifted children$xEducation$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSchool contests 615 0$aGifted children$xEducation 676 $a371.95 700 $aTallent-Runnels$b Mary K.$0900355 702 $aCandler-Lotven$b Ann C. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910481039703321 996 $aAcademic competitions for gifted students$92011508 997 $aUNINA