Beyond Gifted Education: Designing and Implementing Advanced Academic Programs

by Scott J. Peters, Michael S. Matthews, Matthew McBee

Seeking a more comprehensive vision for gifted education, this book offers a modern vision of programs and services for gifted and talented students. Beyond Gifted Designing and Implementing Advanced Academic Programs provides the first comprehensive look at designing and implementing advanced academic student programs.

Written by four leading experts in the field, Beyond Gifted Education reviews the current range of traditional gifted education practices and policies. Then, the book offers the concerned gifted program coordinator or school administrator a more expansive approach to educating gifted learners. The authors lead readers through the process of identifying needs, responding with programming, and then finding students who are well-suited for and would benefit from advanced academic programming. Detailed examples walk the reader through real-world scenarios and programs common to the gifted coordinator on topics such as cluster grouping, acceleration, and increasing diversity. Throughout the book, connections are made to Common Core State Standards, Response to Intervention, and a wealth of outside research in order to support ideas.

Genres: Nonfiction

244 pages, Paperback

First published August 26, 2013

Reviews

[Görkem Saylam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beyond Gifted Education: Designing and Implementing Advanced Academic Programs | Scott J. Peters
Scoring Rubric
1: baseline
2: creative contextualization bcs of covering almost all basics of programming enhanced education
1: routine conceptualization bcs of no new holistic comprehension on programming enhanced education
4: total points by 5

[Talbot Hook · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice clarion call for our education system, a deluge of good sense, and a star to guide the ship.

[American Mensa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great resource for anyone interested in gifted identification, and the options for designing and implementing gifted programs. The focus of the book is on creating inclusive program options by examining the mismatch between student academic need and the current program offerings as the primary indicator for the need for gifted services. Two chapters are devoted to the topic of gifted identification and not only are instruments discussed, but the scores and uses for the scores are explained mathematically in terms that are easy to understand. Once the need for gifted education has been established, the authors discuss various programming options including acceleration, enrichment, and cluster grouping. Some common pitfalls in identification are also addressed. Overall, this is an informative, thought-provoking resource that provides a framework for indentifying and serving gifted learners.

[Julie Barrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beyond Gifted Education Designing and Implementing Advanced Academic Programs by Scott Peters, Michael Matthews, Matthew McBee and Betsy McCoach
I was interested in this book mostly for the welfare of my grandson's education as he's been placed in a specialized classroom just recently.
I was so glad to read that not only do you go by the test results but don't rely on them specifically for placement of the child in a gifted classroom.
People can determine if the child needs to be there without test scores. The references, resources found in this book are superior to the subject and I found the book easy to follow along.
It starts with having a plan and not only sticking to it but modifying it for each child.
I received this book from Library Thing in exchange for my honest review.

[AH · Rating 3 out of 5]

* I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway. *

This is a book that would be good for education professionals who are looking to develop and implement programs for gifted children. The book itself is mostly suited to Americans as most of the test materials are US-centric.