Grouping and Acceleration Practices in Gifted Education.

Various forms of grouping and acceleration are studied in this volume, along with recommendations for implementation.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brody, Linda E.
Other Authors: Reis, Sally M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2004.
Series:Essential Readings in Gifted Education Series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • About the Editors
  • Series Introduction
  • Introduction to Grouping and Acceleration Practices in Gifted Education
  • Chapter 1
  • How Did Six Highly Accelerated Gifted Students Fare in Graduate School?
  • Chapter 2
  • Five Years of Early Entrants: Predicting Successful Achievement in College
  • Chapter 3
  • The Use of Radical Acceleration in Cases of Extreme Intellectual Precocity
  • Chapter 4
  • The Use of Subject and Grade Skipping for the Prevention and Reversal of Underachievement
  • Chapter 5
  • The Impact of Early Entrance to College on Self-Esteem: A Preliminary Study
  • Chapter 6
  • Accelerative Strategies: How Effective are They for the Gifted?
  • Chapter 7
  • Educational Decision Making on Acceleration and Grouping
  • Chapter 8
  • Grouping Gifted Students: Issues and Concerns
  • Chapter 9
  • Cooperative Learning and Ability Grouping: An Issue of Choice
  • Chapter 10
  • Meta-analytic Findings on Grouping Programs
  • Chapter 11
  • An Investigation of the Effects of Total School Flexible Cluster Grouping on Identification, Achievement, and Classroom Practices
  • Chapter 12
  • Programming, Grouping, and Acceleration in Rural School Districts: A Survey of Attitudes and Practices
  • Index.