Gifted students and inclusion : exploring the tracking debate / Sarah Schaffer, editor.
| Other author | Schaffer, Sarah. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Bloomington, IN : Phi Delta Kappa, 1996. |
| Description | 282 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Hot topics series Hot topics series. ^A667932 |
| Contents | Talent development in social, historical, and philosophical perspectives / S. Samuel Shermis -- Gifted education : matching instruction with needs / Gary H. Davis and Sylvia B. Rimm -- Gifted education at a crossroads : the program status study / Jeanne H. Purcell -- Tracking : perspectives with a view toward the year 2000 / Mary Jean Lush -- How schools are shortchanging the gifted / by Sally M. Reis -- Educating the gifted : a national resource / Lita Linzer Schwartz -- The attack on excellence / Charles J. Sykes -- Detracking America's schools : the reform without cost? ; The reform without cost? : A reply to our critics / by Dominic J. Brewer, Daniel I. Rees and Laura M. Argys -- Special programs found to benefit gifted students / by Debra Viadero -- Appropriate differentiated services : guides for best practices in the education of gifted children / by Mary Ruth Coleman and James J. Gallagher -- Special classes for gifted students ? : Absolutely! / by Sally Burton-Szabo -- Brain drain / Gillian Lee Weiss -- Inequality and access to knowledge / Linda Darling-Hammond -- Untracking and students' futures : closing the gap between aspirations and expectations / by Renée Smith-Maddox and Anne Wheelock -- Detracking and its detractors : flawed evidence, flawed values / by Robert E. Slavin -- How to make detracking work / by Richard S. Marsh and Mary Anne Raywid -- Students may be harmed by ability grouping / by Paul S. George -- Mainstreaming the gifted / Scott Willis -- Promoting gifted behavior in an untracked middle school setting / by Thomas O. Erb, Stephen O. Gibson and Suzanne E. Aubin -- In pursuit of excellence : gifted inclusion in middle schools / by Susan Calhoun and Caroline Casey -- Meeting the needs of the gifted in the regular classroom : the practices of exemplary teachers and schools / by Karen L. Westberg -- Providing equity for all : meeting the needs of high-ability students / by Sally M. Reis -- Integrating gifted education into the total school curriculum / by Carolyn R. Cooper -- Making the most out of inclusive setting / Krystal Goree -- The importance of cluster grouping / Mary Ruth Coleman -- Rediscovering self-reliance in education : the optimal match / by William G. Durden and Lesley Mackay -- You can't get there from here : the need for a new logic in education reform / Jeff Howard -- How gifted education devalues intellect / Edwina D. Pendarvis and Craig B. Howley -- Lake Wobegon revisited : on diversity and education / Andrew Biemiller. |
| Summary | Contains journal articles and excerpts from books published between 1993 and 1996. |
| General note | "December 1996." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | LC3993.9 .G54 1996 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |