Academic competitions for gifted students : a resource book for teachers and parents / / Mary K. Tallent-Runnels, Ann C. Candler-Lotven
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Tallent-Runnels Mary K.
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| Titolo: |
Academic competitions for gifted students : a resource book for teachers and parents / / Mary K. Tallent-Runnels, Ann C. Candler-Lotven
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| Pubblicazione: | Thousand Oaks, CA : , : Corwin Press, , [2008] |
| ©2008 | |
| Edizione: | Second edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 371.95 |
| Soggetto topico: | School contests - United States |
| Gifted children - Education - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | Candler-LotvenAnn C. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Academic competitions for gifted students |
| ISBN: | 1-4522-9489-5 |
| 1-4522-9801-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910481039703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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