Kenneth J Smith, Susan Stonequist

Challenging Units for Gifted Learners

Teaching the Way Gifted Students Think (Math, Grades 6-8)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The units presented in this series are based on research into how these students actually think differently from their peers and how they use their learning styles and potential not merely to develop intellectual expertise, but to move beyond expertise to the production of new ideas. Grades 6-8

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 281mm x 216mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781593634971
• ISBN-10: 1593634978
• Artikelnr.: 32007388

Autorenporträt

Kenneth J. Smith, Ph.D., works at Sunset Ridge School District 29 in Northfield, IL, a suburb of Chicago. He currently runs the district-wide enrichment program. In 1995, Ken earned his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Columbia University in New York. He was an American Memories fellow for the Library of Congress, and his articles have appeared in The Middle School Journal and Gifted Child Today.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction: We Are Intellectual
Archaeologists Chapter 2: What Are They Thinking? The Cognitive Processes
of Gifted Learners Chapter 3: Money Managers: Investments, Risk, and
Payoffs Chapter 4: Building a Miniature Golf Course: S.T.E.A.M. .(Science,
Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) Chapter 5: Calculating Probability:
Building a Funfair Chapter 6: Small Business Administration: A Hands-On
Economics Project (Coauthored by Terri Zazove) References About the Authors
Common Core State Standards Alignment