Download or read book College Planning for Gifted Students written by Sandra L. Berger and published by PRUFROCK PRESS INC.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College Planning for Gifted Students: Choosing and Getting Into the Right College is a must-have for any gifted or advanced learner planning to attend college. Sandra Berger, a nationally recognized expert on college and career planning for gifted students, provides a hands-on, practical guide to college planning in this revised volume of the best-selling College Planning for Gifted Students book. Berger focuses specifically on helping gifted students discover who they are, and how that discovery corresponds to finding the perfect postsecondary endeavor. The author also provides useful, practical advice for: writing college application essays, requesting recommendation letters, visiting colleges, and acing the college entrance interview. Book jacket.
Download or read book College Planning for Gifted Students written by Sandra L. Berger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-03 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College Planning for Gifted Students: Choosing and Getting Into the Right College is a must-have for any gifted or advanced learner planning to attend college. Sandra Berger, a nationally recognized expert on college and career planning for gifted students, provides a hands-on, practical guide to college planning in this updated edition of the best-selling College Planning for Gifted Students. Berger focuses specifically on helping gifted students discover who they are and how that discovery corresponds to the perfect postsecondary endeavor. The author also provides useful, practical advice for writing college application essays, requesting recommendation letters, visiting colleges, and acing the college entrance interview. Throughout the book, helpful timelines and checklists are provided to give students and their parents, teachers, and counselors assistance in planning for and choosing the right college. Grades 9-12
Download or read book College Planning for Gifted Students written by Sandra L. Berger and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide offers information on undertaking a comprehensive, well-organized, programmatic approach to college planning. "The College Search: Defining the Problem" provides an overview of college-planning problems and offers solutions. A comprehensive, systematic 6-year timeline is included. "Planning for Gifted Students: What Makes Them Different?" provides a conceptual framework for understanding the intellectual, social, and emotional characteristics of gifted adolescents and offers suggestions for meeting their needs. The framework can be used to develop student profiles and plan specific programs that meet individual needs. "The College Search: A Matter of Matching" provides recommendations and resources for counselors and parents who want to help students be aware of and understand their personal learning styles, values, interests, and needs. "Learning About Colleges: What Have They Got That I Want?" is designed for counselors and parents who want to assist gifted students in researching schools and help students integrate self-understanding with an understanding of college offerings. "The Application Process: What Have I Got that They Want?" explains how credentials are evaluated by colleges and includes specific information on college interviews, writing an effective essay, enhancing applications, and college costs. Appendices include glossaries, resources on gifted students, and a common college application. (CR)
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Download or read book Admission Matters written by Sally P. Springer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make sense of college admissions and prepare a successful application Admission Matters offers comprehensive, expert, and practical advice for parents and students to guide them through the college admissions process. From building a college list, to understanding standardized tests, to obtaining financial aid, to crafting personal statements, to making a final decision, this book guides you every step of the way with clear, sensible advice and practical tips. This new fourth edition has been completely updated to reflect the latest changes in college admissions. including new developments in standardized testing, applications, financial aid and more. Questionnaires, interactive forms, checklists, and other tools help you stay focused and organized throughout the process.. With the answers you need and a down-to-earth perspective, this book provides an invaluable resource for stressed-out students and parents everywhere. Applying to college can be competitive and complex. Admission Matters offers real-world expert advice for all students, whether you're aiming an Ivy or the state school close to home. It also includes much needed guidance for students with special circumstances, including students with disabilities, international students, and transfer students. In addition, athletes, artists and performers, and homeschoolers will find valuable guidance as they plan for and apply to college. Understand how the admissions process works and what you can and cannot control Learn how to build a strong list of good-fit colleges Craft a strong application package with a compelling personal statement Get expert advice on early admissions, financial aid, standardized testing, and much more Make a final decision that is the right one for you Whether you think you've got applying to college under control or don't even know where to begin, Admission Matters is your expert guide throughout the college admissions process.
Download or read book Academic Advocacy for Gifted Children written by Barbara Jackson Gilman and published by Great Potential Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formerly titled Empowering Gifted Minds: Educational Advocacy That Works, this book is the definitive manual on gifted advocacy for gifted students. The author tells parents and teachers how to document a child's abilities to provide reasonable educational options year by year.
Download or read book Career Planning For Gifted Students written by Michele Henderson and published by Readworthy. This book was released on 2009-06-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the parents and teachers often assume that career planning for gifted and talented children will take care of itself. But evidence is mounting to show that the path from education to career is not always smooth for them, and it may be further complicated by sociol-emotional problems that gifted children often face. Thus, there is an urgent need for parents to properly plan career options for their children in advance. But how? This book offers some easy tips.
Download or read book College Planning for Students with Learning Disabilities written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Motivating Gifted Students written by Del Siegle and published by PRUFROCK PRESS INC.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents practical strategies for developing appropriate curriculum for accelerated gifted children, explaining how acceleration can be employed in all classroom levels and subject areas.
Download or read book Planning for Talented Youth written by A. Harry Passow and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rethinking Gifted Education written by James H. Borland and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gifted education is in a period of transition unlike any it has experienced in this generation. Thinkers within the field and without are questioning the practice of gifted education, the theoretical foundations on which this practice rests, and even the value and legitimacy of the concept of giftedness. This fresh and provocative volume contains essays by leading thinkers on gifted education and by writers outside the field who have examined it critically. Each author examines, reconsiders, and challenges the assumptions and beliefs underlying the theory and practice of gifted education, providing a "roadmap" to guide both current considerations of and future planning for gifted education programs.
Download or read book Best Practices in Gifted Education written by Ann Robinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-03 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gifted education Legacy Award winner, Best Practices in Gifted Education provides concise, up-to-date, research-based advice to educators, administrators, and parents of gifted and talented youth. The 29 practices included in this volume are the result of an extensive examination of educational research on what works with talented youth. The interest in culturally diverse and low-income learners, the means to identify talents, and the need for curriculum that appropriately challenges high-ability youth constitute just a few of the 29 practices. Each practice is organized into a chapter containing two sections: What We Know and What We Can Do. The first section briefly describes the practice and summarizes the research. The second section suggests what course of action a parent, teacher, or administrator might take at home, in the classroom, or at school. The book is a must-have for those who want a guide that makes a connection between research and practical action in gifted education. A service publication of the National Association for Gifted Children (Washington, DC). This designation indicates that this book has been jointly developed with NAGC and that this book passes the highest standards of scholarship, research, and practice.
Download or read book The Ultimate Guide to Summer Opportunities for Teens written by Sandra L. Berger and published by PRUFROCK PRESS INC.. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents advice on using summer opportunities to help gain entrance into selective universities and provides guidance on researching, choosing, and applying for summer programs.
Download or read book Curriculum Planning and Instructional Design for Gifted Learners written by Joyce VanTassel-Baska and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated third edition of Curriculum Planning and Instructional Design for Gifted Learners:
Download or read book Using the National Gifted Education Standards for University Teacher Preparation Programs written by Susan K. Johnsen and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2008-03-27 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guidebook helps university personnel design or revise teacher preparation courses in gifted education to align with the new standards required by NCATE for program accreditation.
Download or read book Education for Gifted Children and Youth written by Eight-State Committee of New England, New York and New Jersey and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Planning and Implementing Programs for the Gifted written by James H. Borland and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's system approach to program planning stands in contrast to the "packaged-program" approach that will be familiar to many readers. Rather than advocating a single all-purpose model, the author stresses the need to develop programs for the gifted that are based upon and responsive to the peculiarities of specific localities.
