Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program - Grades 6-7

The Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program targets reading comprehension skills in high-ability learners by moving students through an inquiry process from basic understanding to critical analyses of texts, using a field-tested method developed by the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary.

List of contents

Part I: Teachers' Guide to Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program Part II: Readings and Student Ladder Sets Chapter 1: Short Stories Chapter 2: Poetry Chapter 3: Biographies Appendix A: Pre- and Postassessments Appendix B: Record-Keeping Forms/Documents Appendix C: Alignment to Standards About the Authors Common Core State Standards Alignment

About the author

Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D., is the Jody and Layton Smith Professor Emerita of Education and former Executive Director of the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary in Virginia, where she developed a graduate program and a research and development center in gifted education. She also initiated and directed the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University.
Dr. Tamra Stambaugh is the Director of Programs for Talented Youth at Vanderbilt University. She is the coauthor (with Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska) of Comprehensive Curriculum for Gifted Learners, Overlooked Gems: A National Perspective on Low-Income Promising Students, and the Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program.

Product details

• Authors: Tamra Stambaugh, Stambaugh Tamra, Joyce Vantassel-Baska, VanTassel-Baska Joyce
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2017
• EAN: 9781618217202
• ISBN: 978-1-61821-720-2
• No. of pages: 182
• Weight: 340 g
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Teaching materials, hand-outs; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; USA, EDUCATION / Special Education / Gifted, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Teaching of gifted students, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts, For educational curricula of the USA