Assessment of Gifted and High-Ability Learners - Documenting Student Achievement in Gifted Education

Assessment of Gifted and High-Ability Learners equips readers with the knowledge and skills to evaluate and document student progress using a cyclical systematic process. The book includes sample curriculum-based assessments for use with gifted and high-ability students.

List of contents

Introduction Part I: A Shift in Thinking Chapter 1: Understanding Classroom Assessment Chapter 2: Understanding Evaluation Systems Chapter 3: Dynamic Teaching in Action Part II: Applying Dynamic Teaching to Content Chapter 4: Dynamic Teaching in Mathematics Chapter 5: Dynamic Teaching in Science Chapter 6: Dynamic Teaching in English Language Arts Chapter 7: Dynamic Teaching in Social Studies Part III: The Context of Implementation Chapter 8: Implementing a Shift in Thinking Chapter 9: Supporting Teacher Change References Appendix: Blank Forms About the Authors

About the author

Yara N. Farah, Ph.D., has worked for the past 13 years in the field of education. She has a doctorate in educational psychology from Baylor University and a master's degree in special education (mild to moderate) from California State University, Northridge.
Lindsay Nixon is currently living in Kosovo and helping to develop an elementary school program at a private school.

Product details

• Authors: Yara Farah, Yara N. Farah, Yarah Farah, Joan L Green, Joan L. Green, Green Joan L., Lindsay Nixon, Lindsay M. Nixon
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2019
• EAN: 9781618218810
• ISBN: 978-1-61821-881-0
• No. of pages: 146
• Weight: 400 g
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > Special education; EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, EDUCATION / Special Education / Gifted, Teaching of gifted students, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment, Teaching of gifted or talented students