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Listed below are some links to information for parents and educators of gifted learners. As with all parts of this website, we welcome any comments, additions, or suggestions you might have.
Biegelson's Theory of Small Pieces: A Study Guide for the Undisciplined
Jay Biegelson is head of guidance at one of New York's special high schools. He has been working with gifted learners for many years and has compiled this guide to help them acquire the study skills and work habits many find themselves needing when they encounter a seriously challenging learning environment for the first time.
Resources for New York City Parents 0f Gifted Students with Learning Differences
Meredith Boylan (with contributions from Bonnie Landman and Gina Anderson) has compiled this list of resources for NYC parents of children with giftedness and other exceptionalities. The list contains lots of good ideas for other parents and also for educators, as well as for those who live outside of New York.
Books and Journals:
A list of good books and journals that pertain to gifted development (Word document)
Current and upcoming publications
For a free copy of an important new book on acceleration -- A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students
Dona Matthews has written a book with co-author Joanne Foster. BEING SMART ABOUT GIFTED CHILDREN: A GUIDEBOOK FOR PARENTS AND EDUCATORS. For more on this book, go to www.beingsmart.ca
Some Articles Pertaining To Giftedness & Gifted Education
Article: Attention Deficit Disorders and Gifted Students: What Do We Really Know?
Authors: Felice Kaufmann, Layne Kalbfleisch, & F. Xavier CastellanosArticle: Curriculum Options for the Developmentally Advanced Author: Daniel P. Keating
Article: Solving Problems Together: The Importance of Parent/School/Community Collaboration at a Time of Educational and Social Change
Authors: Dona Matthews and Rosanne Menna
Article: What We Are Learning About How Children Learn, and What This Means for Teachers
Authors: Dona J. Matthews and Daniel P. KeatingArticle: Giftedness, girls, others, and equity: Theory-based practical strategies for the regular classroom
Authors: Dona Matthews and Nancy Steinhauer
Article: Giftedness at Adolescence: Diverse Educational Options Required
Author: Dona J. MatthewsArticle: Gifted learners in Ontario enter the new Millennium: Common sense style?
Authors: Dona Matthews and Elizabeth SmythArticle: Toward a Learning Society Network: How being one's brother's keeper is in everyone's self-interest
Authors: Dona Matthews and Anita ZijdemansArticle: Encouraging bright girls to keep shining
Authors: Dona Matthews and Elizabeth SmythArticle: Enhancing Learning Outcomes for Diversely Gifted Adolescents: Education in the Social/Emotional Domain
Author: Dona J. MatthewsArticle: Teaching Gifted Students in Regular Classrooms
Author: Dona J. MatthewsArticle: A brief history of gifted education
Author: Ellen Summers
