Identifying Gifted Students: A Practical Guide - Softcover

Susan K. Johnsen Ph.D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1618215876 ISBN 13: 9781618215871

Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

The newly revised Identifying Gifted Students: A Practical Guide is aligned with both the updated National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Pre-K–12 Gifted Program Standards and the NAGC and The Association for the Gifted, Council for Exceptional Children (CEC-TAG) professional development standards. This book is relevant in any state or setting that intends to meet these national standards and uses multiple assessments to identify gifted students within an increasingly diverse population. Designed for practicing professionals such as teachers, counselors, psychologists, and administrators, Identifying Gifted Students addresses definitions, models, and characteristics of gifted students; qualitative and quantitative approaches to assessment; culturally fair and nonbiased assessment; and how to evaluate the effectiveness of identification procedures. In addition, the book provides a complete summary of all major assessment instruments, including scoring information, reliability, and validity.

About this title

About the Author

Susan K. Johnsen, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at Baylor University where she directs the Ph.D. program and programs related to gifted and talented education. She is author of more than 250 publications related to gifted education.

Review

As editor, Susan Johnsen offers a book that is both practical and informative. Designed for professionals working with the gifted and talented, her book seeks to meet the informational needs of teachers of the gifted, school administrators, psychologists, and psychometrists. Readers will find chapters that cover the gamut of gifted education basics and extend beyond to offer guidance to decision-makers seeking to identify these children for services.

Identifying Gifted Students: A Practical Guide is a brief, yet thorough, overview of issues surrounding the identification of gifted students. The book lives up to its title in that educators can turn to it as an authoritative reference in matters of assessing students and count on receiving practical and easy-to-implement solutions for their assessment needs. --

Sandee Manning, Ph.D., Gifted Education Communicator: A Journal for Educators and Parents, Spring 2005

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1618215876
• ISBN 13: 9781618215871
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 198