| Description |
1 online resource (193 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction: Making Decisions about Competitive Programs for Gifted Students -- How to Use This Book -- Characteristics of Good Competitions -- Reference -- Chapter 1 -- Selecting, Preparing for, and Participating in Competitions -- Selected Characteristics and Needs of Gifted and Talented Students: How They Influence Contest Participation -- Effects of Competition: Good News -- Effects of Competition: Bad News -- How to Anticipate and Avoid Problems in the Use of Competitions -- How to Maximize benefits from Competitions -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Competition Descriptions -- AAA High School Travel Challenge -- AATSP Elementary/Middle School Poster Contest -- Academic Games Leagues of America National Tournament -- Academic Triathlon -- Achievement Awards in Writing -- Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Scholastic Art and Writing Awards -- All-USA High School Academic Team Competition -- Amateur Poetry Contest -- American Computer Science League -- American Enterprise Speech Contest -- American History Essay Contest -- American Invitational Mathematics Exam -- American Mathematics Competitions -- American Mathematics Contest 8 -- American Regions Mathematics League -- American Scholastics Mathematics Competition -- American Society of Newspaper Editors, Quill and Scroll International Writing, Photo Contest -- American Veterans (AMVETS) Americanism Program -- Ann Arlys Bowler Poetry Contest -- ARTS Recognition and Talent Search -- Association of Educational Publishers Student Publishing Awards -- Ayn Rand Essay Contest -- Baker's Plays High School Playwriting Contest -- BEST Robotics Competition -- Biz Plan Competition -- Botball Robotics -- Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge -- CANE (Classical Association of New England) Writing Contest -- Christopher Columbus Awards |
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Civic Education Project: Civic Week -- Clarke-Bradbury Science Fiction Competition -- Classical Association of New England -- Concord Review Emerson Prize -- Continental Mathematics League -- Creative Writing Essay Contest -- Cricket League Contest -- Destination Imagination -- Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge -- Doors to Diplomacy -- DuPont Challenge Science Essay Awards Program -- Duracell/NSTA Scholarship Competition -- eCybermission -- Edventures Robotics Contest -- EngineerGirl Essay Contest -- Federal Reserve Bank Fed Challenge -- Federal Reserve Bank Student Essay Contest -- Fire Fighting Robot Contest -- First Middle-Grade Novel Contest -- FIRST Robotics Competition -- First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics -- First Young Adult Novel -- Foundations for Life National Essay Program & Contest -- Frazier Institute Student Essay Contest -- Freedoms Foundation National Awards Program -- Future City Competition -- Future Problem Solving Program -- George S. & Stella M. Knight Essay Contest -- Harry Singer Foundation Essay Contests -- Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament -- High School Communications Competition -- "Idea of America" Essay Contest -- Intel International Science and Engineering Fair -- Intel Science Talent Search -- International Brain Bee -- International Mathematics Olympiad -- International Student Media Festival -- Invent America! -- Invitational Mathematics Examination -- Jane Austen Society of North America Essay Contest -- Japan Bowl -- JFK Profiles in Courage Essay Contest -- Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Oration Contest -- Junior Engineering Technical Society Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science -- Junior Science and Humanities Symposia -- Kids are Authors -- KidsBookshelf Contests -- Kids can Write Contest -- Kids Philosophy Slam -- Knowledge Master Open -- Laws of Life Essay Contest |
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League of American Poets free Poetry Contest -- Let's Get Real -- Letters about Literature Competition -- Mandelbrot Competition -- Manningham Student Poetry Awards -- MATHCOUNTS -- Math Leagues -- Math Olympiads for Elementary Schools -- Medusa Mythology Examination -- Merlyn's Pen Literary Magazine Contest and Critique -- Modern Woodmen of America School Speech -- NAACP ACT-SO -- NASA Space Settlement Contest -- National Achievement Scholarship Program -- National African American History Academic Challenge Bowl -- National American Indian Science and Engineering Fair -- National Beta Club Convention -- National Biblical Greek Exam -- National Canon Envirothon -- National Catholic Forensic League Grand National Speech and Debate Tournament -- National Consumers League: LifeSmarts -- National Council on Economic Education and Goldman Sachs Foundation Economics Challenge -- National Engineering Design Challenge (Javits-Wagner-O'Day/Junior Engineering Technical Society) -- National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest -- National Forensic League National Tournament -- National French Contest (Le Grand Concours) -- National Geography Bee -- National German Test -- National Greek Examination -- National High School Oratorical Contest -- National High School Student Solar Design Contest -- National History Day -- National Latin Exam -- National Mythology Exam -- National Peace Essay Contest -- National Portuguese Exam -- National Schools Project Poetry Contest -- National Science Bowl -- National Science Decathlon -- National Science Olympiad -- National Society of Black Engineers Try-Math-A-Lon Competition -- National Spanish Exam -- National Vocabulary Championship -- National Women's Hall of Fame Essay and New Media Contest -- National Young Astronomer Award -- Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition -- Odyssey of the Mind |
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Ohio State University Press the Journal Award in Poetry -- Olympiad of Spoken Russian -- Panasonic Academic Challenge -- Physics Bowl -- President's Environmental Youth Awards -- Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines -- Promising Young Writers -- Prudential Spirit of Community Awards -- Scholastic Art and Writing Awards -- Science Olympiad -- Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee -- Sea World/Busch Gardens/Fujifilm Environmental Excellence Awards -- Siemens Foundation Competition in Math, Science, and Technology -- Society of Professional Journalists High School Essay Contest -- Student Science Fiction and Fantasy Contest -- Thespian Playworks -- ThinkQuest -- Toshiba National Science Teachers Association/ExploraVision Awards Program -- UNA-USA National High School Essay Contest -- USA Biology Olympiad -- U.S. Academic Decathlon -- USA Computing Olympiad -- USA Mathematical Olympiad -- USA Mathematical Talent Search -- U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad -- Vegetarian Resource Group Essay -- Veterans of Foreign Wars Patriot's Pen -- Veterans of Foreign Wars Voice of Democracy Program -- VSA Arts Playwright Discovery Program -- Weekly Mathematics Contest -- Weekly Reader's "What's Your Story?" Student Publishing Awards -- West Point Bridge Design Contest -- WordMasters Challenge -- Writer's Digest Annual Writing Contest -- Young Epidemiology Scholars Program -- Young Naturalist Awards -- Young Playwrights Festival -- Web Sites for Finding Other Competitions -- Index of Competitions by Title -- Index of Competitions by Subject Area and Level -- Index |
| Summary |
This handbook covers 170 competitions, criteria for selecting events that match students' strengths/weaknesses, strategies for maximizing the benefits of competitions, and ways to avoid potential problems |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
School contests -- United States
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Gifted children -- Education -- United States
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Gifted children -- Education
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School contests
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Candler-Lotven, Ann C
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| ISBN |
9781412959117 |
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141295911X |
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