1. Concepts of giftedness and talent -- 2. Characteristics of gifted students -- 3. Off-level testing and curriculum compacting -- 4. Principles of curriculum development -- 5. Models of curriculum development - Maker -- 6. Models of curriculum development - Bloom/Krathwohl -- 7. Models of curriculum development - Kaplan -- 8. Models of curriculum development - Taylor -- 9. Models of curriculum development - Williams -- 10. Developing units of work -- 11. Evaluating a unit of work -- 12. Putting it all together: an example of a unit or work -- 13. More sample activities -- 14. Cross-curricular units of work -- Appendix: GERRIC resources and proforma models
Summary
This comprehensive text provides an easy-to-follow blue-print for developing exciting and challenging curriculum units for gifted and highly able students in Years 7-12. Includes information on differentiating the secondary school syllabus to extend and challenge gifted children. Contains 800 enrichment and extension activities
Analysis
Gifted students
Secondary education
Curriculum
Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references
Notes
Donated by the Gifted and Talented Children's Association of South Australia GTC Gifted and Talented Children's Association of South Australia