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This updated third edition of Curriculum Planning and Instructional Design for Gifted Learners:
List of contents
Part I: Gifted Education Models, Standards, and Identification CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Curriculum Planning and Instructional Design for the Gifted Learner Setting the Course CHAPTER 2: Program and Curriculum Models Shaping Structures to Support Gifted Learners CHAPTER 3: Standards of Learning and Gifted Education Connecting to Quality CHAPTER 4: The Identification of Giftedness Focusing the Lens Part II: The Instructional Design Model for Gifted Curriculum CHAPTER 5: Curriculum and Instructional Design for Advanced and Gifted Learners Charting a Course CHAPTER 6: Characteristics and Needs of Gifted Learners Catalyst for Differentiation CHAPTER 7: Developing a Philosophy, Goals, and Outcomes A Framework for Gifted Curriculum CHAPTER 8: Designing Activities and Selecting Resources The Teacher as Creator CHAPTER 9: Selecting Instructional Strategies The Teacher’s Toolkit CHAPTER 10: Assessment of Learning in Gifted Programs Snapshots of Progress Part III: Gifted Education Curriculum A Dynamic Process CHAPTER 11: Curriculum Managementa nd Implementation CHAPTER 12: Evaluating Curriculum and Programs for Gifted Learners REFERENCES APPENDIX A: Recommended Curriculum Resources APPENDIX B: Sample Curriculum Units APPENDIX C: Sample of State Policies in Gifted Education APPENDIX D: Classroom Observation Scales, Revised (COS-R) APPENDIX E: Fowler Test of Scientific Investigation APPENDIX F: Curriculum Review Checklist ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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.
