About the Editors Series Introduction - Sally M. Reis Introduction to Curriculum for the Gifted - Joyce VanTassel-Baska 1. Effective Curriculum and Instructional Models for Talented Students - Joyce VanTassel-Baska 2. Interview With Dr. A. Harry Passow - Robert J. Kirschenbaum 3. Developing Scope and Sequence in Curriculum - C. June Maker 4. Myth: There is a Single Curriculum for the Gifted - Sandra N. Kaplan 5. What Makes a Problem Real: Stalking the Illusive Meaning of Qualitative Differences in Gifted Education - Joseph S. Renzulli 6. A General Theory for the Development of Creative Productivity Through the Pursuit of Ideal Acts of Learning - Joseph S. Renzulli 7. The Interdisciplinary Concept Model: Theory and Practice - Heidi Hayes Jacobs, James H. Borland 8. Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented at the Secondary Level - A. Harry Passow 9. The Multiple Menu Model for Developing Differentiated Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented - Joseph S. Renzulli 10. A Mathematics Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented - Grayson H. Wheatley 11. A National Study of Science Curriculum Effectiveness With High Ability Students - Joyce VanTassel-Baska, George Bass, Roger Rics, Donna Poland, and Linda D. Avery Index
This fourth volume in the National Association for Gifted Children series Essential Readings in Gifted Education is a comprehensive collection of the leading research, theories, and findings that span more than 25 years in the field of curriculum development for gifted and talented programmes. These seminal articles from Gifted Child Quarterly tackle the major issues, chronicle chief trends, and impart effective models and solutions for gifted education curriculum. It covers the areas of most significance, most interest, and most debated, and presents them in down-to-earth, bite-sized pieces. This ready-reference offers the guidance, the pragmatic application, and the insight of top authorities, so decision makers are empowered with all the tools needed to shape a successful and enriching curriculum for gifted students.