Systems and Models for Developing Programs for the Gifted and Talented, Second Edition

Now completely revised and expanded, Systems and Models includes chapters on the major systems and models for developing programs for the gifted, including the Autonomous Learner Model, the Integrative Education Model, the Multiple Menu Model, the Purdue Three-stage Model, the Schoolwide Enrichment Model, and Levels of Service.  Forty-two experts (Baum, Benbow, Clark, Kolloff, Meeker, Reis, Rimm, Sternberg, Tomlinson, et al.) in gifted education contributed to 25 chapters, and each chapter includes a discussion of the model, theoretical underpinnings, research on effectiveness, and considerations for implementations.  Discussion questions follow each chapter.   Chapters provide compact, yet comprehensive summaries of the major models developed by leaders in the field of gifted education, including , and many others.

Table of Contents
1. Promoting Excellence: Acceleration Through Enrichment by Susan G. Assouline, Catherine Blando, Laurie J. Croft, Clar Baldus and Nicholas Colangelo

2. Talent Centered Model for Twice Exceptional Students by Susan Baum

3. The Autonomous Learner Model for the Gifted & Talented by George T. Betts and Jolene J. Kercher

4. Gifted Education Without Gifted Programs or Gifted Students: An Anti-Model     by James H. Borland

5. Evaluation for Decision-making:The Practitioner’s Guide to Program Evaluation by Carolyn M. Callahan

6. The Integrative Education Model by Barbara Clark

7. The Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent by FranÇoys GagneÉ

8. Problem-based Learning by Shelagh Gallagher

9. The Grid by Sandra Kaplan

10. Total School Cluster Grouping: Model, Research & Practice    by Marcia Gentry and Jamie MacDougall

11. The DISCOVER Assessment & Curriculum Development Model by C. June Maker

12. The Purdue Three-Stage Model by Sidney M. Moon, Penny Kolloff, Ann Robinson, Felicia Dixon, and John Feldhusen

13. The Schoolwide Enrichment Model: A Focus on Student Strengths & Interests by Sally M. Reis and Joseph S. Renzulli

14. The Multiple Menu Model for Developing Differentiated Curriculum    by Joseph S. Renzulli

15. The Trifocal Model for Preventing & Reversing Underachievement by Sylvia Rimm

16. The Arkansas Evaluation Intiative in Gifted Education by Ann Robinson, Alicia Cotabish, Betty Wood, and Ann Biggers

17. Talents Unlimited: Thinking Skills Instructions for All Students by Carol H. Schlichter

18. The Catalyst Model: Resource Consultation & Collaboration     in Gifted Education by Mary L. Slade

19. WICS as a Model of Giftedness by Robert J. Sternberg

20. Defining, Determining, Discovering & Developing Excellence by Abraham J. Tannenbaum

21. The Parallel Curriculum: A Design to Develop Potential and Challenge High-ability Learners by Carol Ann Tomlinson

22. Differentiation: Making Curriculum Work for All Students Through Responsive Planning and Instruction by Carol Ann Tomlinson and Jane M. Jarvis

23. Levels of Service: A Contemporary Approach to Programming for Talent Development by Donald J. Treffinger and Edwin C. Selby

24. The Integrated Curriculum Model by Joyce VanTassel-Baska & Susannah Wood

25. Aligning Potential & Passion for Promise: A Model for Educating Intellectually Talented Youth by Jonathan Wai, David Lubinski & Camilla P. Benbow