Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use - Softcover

Winebrenner M.S., Susan

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9781575423951: Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use

Synopsis

Book with CD-Rom Fully revised and updated for a new generation of educators, this is the definitive guide to meeting the learning needs of gifted students in the mixed-abilities classroom€” seamlessly and effectively with minimal preparation time. For years, teachers have turned to this book daily to ensure their gifted students are getting the opportunities they need and deserve. Included are proven, practical, classroom-tested strategies and step-by-step instructions for how to use them. The new edition of Teaching Gifted Kids in Today’s Classroom provides information on using technology for accelerated learning, managing cluster grouping, increasing curriculum rigor, improving assessments, boosting critical and creative thinking skills, and addressing gifted kids with special needs. Already a perennial best sel

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About the Author

Susan Winebrenner, M.S., is a former classroom teacher and current full-time consultant in staff development. She presents workshops and seminars nationally and internationally, helping educators translate educational research into classroom practice. Susan is also the author of Differentiating Content for Gifted Learners in Grades 6–12 (CD-ROM) and Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom, and coauthor of The Cluster Grouping Handbook. She lives in San Marcos, California.

Dina Brulles, Ph.D., is a school administrator and the gifted education director for the Paradise Valley Unified School District in Arizona. Prior to becoming an administrator, Dina was an elementary classroom teacher, a bilingual teacher, an ESL teacher, and a gifted-cluster teacher. Dina is coauthor of The Cluster Grouping Handbook. She lives in Peoria, Arizona.


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