Developing Math Talent: A Guide for Educating Gifted And Advanced Learners in Math - Softcover

Assouline, Susan G.; Lupkowski-Shoplik, Ann, Ph.D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593631596 ISBN 13: 9781593631598

Publisher: Prufrock Pr, 2005

Synopsis

Build student success in math with the only comprehensive parent and teacher guide for developing math talent among advanced learners. The authors, nationally recognized math education experts, offer a focused look at educating gifted and talented students for success in math. More than just a guidebook for educators and parents, this book offers a comprehensive approach to mathematics education for gifted students of elementary or middle school age.

The authors provide concrete suggestions for identifying mathematically talented students, tools for instructional planning, and specific programming approaches.

Developing Math Talent features topics such as:

• strategies for identifying mathematically gifted learners,
• strategies for advocating for gifted children with math talent,
• how to design a systematic math education program for gifted students,
• specific curricula and materials that support success, and
• teaching strategies and approaches that encourage and challenge gifted learners.

The book also includes an extensive listing of both print and Internet resources that support math education for talented children. Additionally, the authors include an entire section featuring exemplary sets of challenging math problems for gifted students.

About this title

From the Author

Our intention in writing this book was to give parents and teachers a handbook for working with mathematically talented youth. We drew on over 25 years of experience in identifying and providing programs for these students. The first edition of this book was so well-received, we wrote a second edition, which has just become available (publication date 2011).

Ann Lupkowski Shoplik

About the Author

Susan Assouline, Ph.D., has an appointment as a Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Iowa and is the Associate Director and Clinical Supervisor at the university's Belin-Blank Center. She serves as the center's primary consultant regarding whole-grade acceleration, mathematically talented students, and students who are gifted and also have an exceptionality that may interfere with the manifestation of their gift.

Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik is the director of the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary and Secondary Students (C-MITES). She earned a Ph.D. in educational psychology from Texas A&M University and then completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth at Johns Hopkins University. She was also an assistant professor and director of the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth at the University of North Texas.

In 1992, she founded the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary and Secondary Students (C-MITES) at Carnegie Mellon University, where she continues to conduct research and develop programs on behalf of academically talented youth. She conducts the annual Elementary Student Talent Search throughout Pennsylvania and oversees the C-MITES summer programs and Weekend Workshops for academically talented students in 9th grade and younger. Her research interests include identifying mathematically talented students younger than age 12 and studying their characteristics and academic needs. She has published many articles on gifted education in scholarly journals. Together with Susan Assouline, she wrote Jane and Johnny Love Math: Recognizing and Encouraging Mathematical Talent in Elementary Students and Developing Math Talent. She is also a coauthor of the Iowa Acceleration Scale with Susan Assouline, Nicholas Colangelo, Jonathan Lipscomb, and Leslie Forstadt.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prufrock Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1593631596
• ISBN 13: 9781593631598
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 387