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The Illinois Association for Gifted Children (IAGC) Journal, published each year, focuses on a major theme applicable to educators and parents concerned with gifted education. Examples include: creativity and the arts; curriculum for gifted students; underserved gifted populations and differentiation applied to gifted children. Articles are written by individuals well known in the field of gifted education: leaders and experts from across the country. Teachers, administrators, counselors, graduate and undergraduate students, and parents have found the IAGC Journal useful and instructive in its application to the classroom experience and in meeting the needs of educators and parents.
The Journal for 2004 featured articles on underserved gifted populations (e.g., multicultural, bilingual, urban and rural poor, twice-exceptional). The Journal for 2005, to be published this February and distributed at the IAGC state convention, will examine differentiation in its application to the special learning needs of gifted students. It will include such well-known authors as Susan Winebrenner, Sylvia Rimm, Dorothy Knopper and Jerry Flack. Joan Franklin Smutny is editor of the IAGC Journal and is pleased to receive questions and comments as well as articles. She can be reached at: 847/256-1220 or joanfsm@aol.com.
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Designing Effective Units for Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School Grades
Designing Effective Units for Intermediate Grades
Designing Effective Middle School Units
Designing Effective High Schools Units
Designing Integrated Units for Elementary Classrooms
Designing Integrated Units for Secondary Classrooms
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A Guide for Parents: Overseeing
Your Gifted Child's Education discusses the
responsibilities and reasonable expectations you can have on behalf of
your gifted child.. This easy to read book focuses on questions and
other issues about gifted education so that you, as parents of gifted
students, have a resource as you work with school staff to design a
program of services that better meets your child's educational needs.
The easy to read question and answer format addresses such questions
as: How do I know if my child is gifted? - What kind of education does
my child need? - What is a quality gifted program? - How can I guide my
child at home? Also included is an annotated list of web sites.
The following books by Jim Curry and John Samara have been developed as guides to provide innovative and flexible tools for adapting regular curricula to make learning experiences more responsive to the traits and needs of individual learners. Top
| Designing Effective Units for Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School Grades is a guide to designing effective units of study for K-8 students with teacher-generated sample units in the areas of math, language arts, science, social studies, and integrated and thematic topics. Top | |
| Designing Effective Units for Intermediate Grades is a guide to designing effective units of study for elementary school students with teacher-generated sample units in the areas of math, language arts, science, social studies, and integrated and thematic topics. Top | |
| Designing Effective Middle School Units is a guide to designing effective units of study for middle school students with teacher-generated sample units in the areas of math, language arts, science, social studies, and integrated and thematic topics. This guidebook is meant for use in any content area and in any educational environment. Top | |
| Designing Effective High Schools Units is a guide to designing effective units of study with teacher-generated sample units. It is designed for all educators who serve high school students. Units are included in the areas of math, language arts, science, social studies, integrated units, and thematic units. Top | |
| Designing Integrated Units for Elementary Classrooms is a guide to designing integrated units of study for elementary school students with teacher-generated sample units in the areas of language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, academic skills, social skills, and integrated and thematic topics. This guidebook is meant for use in any content area and in any educational environment. Top | |
| Designing Integrated Units for Secondary Classrooms is a guide to designing integrated units of study for secondary students with teacher-generated sample units in the areas of fine arts and languages, literature, mathematics, sciences, social studies, cultures and languages, wellness, and integrated and thematic topics. This guidebook is meant for use in any content area and in any educational environment. Top | |
| Questions and Answers for Parents of Young Gifted Children is a 32-page guide for parents of gifted children. It was written by two people who have had a great deal of experience as gifted educators and as parents of gifted children! The guide is divided into two sections; the first focuses upon parenting young gifted children and the second deals with the education process. Top |
| JOURNAL 2007 - The focus in on Underserved Gifted Learners | |
| 1. General Perspectives - authors Ellen D. Fiedler, Sylvia Rimm and Al Ramirez, Corine Harmon & Julie Browning. | |
| 2. Populations - authors Joan Affenit, Judy T. Jankowski, Jennie Spallone, Penny Choice, Karen Morse & Elizabeth Meckstroth, Donovan R. Walling, Michelle-Cohen and Dorothy Clare Massalski. | |
| 3. Programming - authors Carol V. Horn & Maurice L. Fisher, Jerry Flack, Cathy Risberg, Lois V. Guderian, and Carol S. Howe. | |
| 4. Other Voices from the Field- authors Berniece Rabe, Virginia M. Macagnoni. | |
| JOURNAL 2006 - The focus is on Acceleration | |
| 1. Acceleration: Principles and Issues - authors: Penny Choice, Janet Bartell and Kathleen Bloomquist. | |
| 2. Acceleration: Applications to the Classroom-authors: Sally Y. Walker, Jerry Flack, Yolanda Toni, Dorothy Clare Massalski, Joan Freeman and Gale Freeman, and Linda Wallin. | |
| 3. Acceleration Responding to Special Needs- Calhoun -authors: Elizabeth Meckstrotch, Carol Horn and Maurice Fisher, Rosemary Ginko, and Sally Calhoun. | |
| JOURNAL 2005 - The focus is Differentiated Instruction. It is divided into four sections: | |
| 1. Overall Perspectives on Differentiation with authors Ray Scheers, Jane 1. Artabasy, Dorothy Knopper & Carol Fertig, and Nathan Levy. | |
| 2. Differentiation and Curriculum with authors Jerry Flack, Sally Calhoun, Debbie Mitchell, Bob Seney, Francine Brottman, and the National Association for Gifted Children. | |
| 3. Differentiation and Administration with authors Susan Winebrenner, Penny Choice, and Amy Jacobs. | |
| 4. Differentiation and Special Populations with authors Sylvia Rimm, Christine Gould & Dayle Upham, Dorothy Massalski, Ellen Honeck & Shannon Jones, Eileen Kelble, and Joan F. Smutny.Top | |
| JOURNAL 2004 - The focus is Underserved Gifted Students. It is divided into four sections: | |
| 1. The Underserved Gifted: Attitudes and Policies with authors John Feldhusen; Al Ramirez; J. Christine Gould; Linda C. Neumann; Dorothy Funk-Werblo. | |
| 2. Identification: Perspectives and Approaches with authors Maurice D. Fisher and Michael E. Walters; Beverly D. Shaklee and Carol Horn; Ferry Flack; Jerry Schecter. | |
| 3. Curriculum: Strategies and Activities with authors Susan Winebrenner; Dorothy Sisk; Dorothy Clare Massalski; Judy Bashman and Hanna Yazzie; Sherrie Friedman; Genee M. Ciurus Major; Shelly K. Weisberg; Kathryn P. Haydon; Ellen Honeck. | |
| 4. Role of Parents with authors Joan Franklin Smutny; Cheryl Sawyer; Elaine Wiener. Top | |
| JOURNAL 2003 - The focus is Curriculum. It is divided into three sections: | |
| Curriculum: General Perspectives, Strategies, and Issues with authors Sally Walker; Carol Ann Tomlinson; John F. Feldhusen; Jerry Flack; Ann MacDonald and Jim Riley; Monica Lu; and Dorothy Funk-Werblo. | |
| Curriculum: Creativity and the Arts with authors Nancy Elf and Pat Rose; J. Christine Gould; Lois Veenhoven Guderian; Sylvia Rimm; Joan Franklin Smutny; and E. Paul Torrance. | |
| Resources - with author Jerry Flack and a book review by Elaine Wiener. Top | |
| JOURNAL 2002 - The focus is Creativity. | |
| It is divided into three sections: Definitions and Needs with authors Sally Walker; Debbie Cho; Sylvia Rimm; Stacy Hayden; Ray Sheers | |
| Creativity and the Curriculum with authors Maurice D. Fisher and Michael E. Walters; Karen Meador and Jim Granada; Douglas Ashley; Kathryn Haydon; Cynthia Riess; Joan Franklin Smutny; Amy Foust; Marian Carlson; Margaretta Swigert-Gacheru; and | |
| Miscellaneous - Testing and Homeschooling with authors Michelle A. Navarro and Julianne M. Kraut; Karen Morse. Top | |
| JOURNAL 2001 - The focus is Differentiation. It is divided into three sections: | |
| Differentiating - Premises, Practices, and Challenges with authors Susan Winebrenner; Cathy Freeman; Bertie Kingore; Marsha Hestad; Dan G. Holt and Colleen Willard-Holt; Sally Walker; Carol J. Morreale; Jerry Schecter | |
| A Parent's Perspective with authors Judith Harway; Karen Morse; David Mitchell; | |
| The Arts - A Catalyst for Differentiating with authors Dan Holt; Jerry Flack; Wm. Ray Heitzmann; Ray Sheers. Top | |
| JOURNAL 2000 is still available for purchase. This covers Overall Perspectives; Curriculum & Instruction; and Target Populations. Authors include: Maurice D. Fisher & Michael E. Walters; Dorothy Funk-Werblo; Sally Walker; Jolene Smyth; Sandra Warren; Jerry Flack; Ronald Levitsky; John F. Feldhusen; Dan G. Holt; Dorothy A. Sisk; Mary Christensen; Karen Meador; and Joan Franklin Smutny. Top | |