Articles About Gifted, Talented and Motivated Children
(for parents, teachers and students)
What is "gifted"? Descriptions and characteristics provided by:
"GT World is an online support community for parents of Gifted and Talented children. Others interested in supporting and nurturing gifted and talented children are also most welcome." They have a mailing list for parents of gifted and talented children.
Linda Kreger Silverman, Ph.D., has written some great articles that are available online. Titles include the following (check back often as more become available):
Asynchrony; Coping with Stress; Current use of the Stanford-Binet (Form L-M) (by B. Gilman & A. Revel); Effective Techniques for Teaching Highly Gifted Visual-Spatial Learners; Emotional Intensity; The False Accusation of Elitism; How to Be a Pushy Parent; The Joys of J's; Let's Ban Bossy; On Introversion; On Overachievement; Parent Bashing; Parenting Gifted Children; Perfectionism; Procrastination; Recognizing Giftedness in Young Children (with M. Rogers); Sensitivity; Social Development or Socialization?; The "Spacey" Child; Technical Wizards; The Walking Argument; What We Have Learned About Gifted Children (1979-1997)
Nurturing the Gifted Child (A Resource Guide for Parents Copyright 1991, American Mensa, Ltd.)
A lot of articles can be purchased for a minimal fee from The Bright Site.
Articles from The NRC/GT's newsletters Several nice articles, including ones on:
Extending the Pedagogy of Gifted Education to All Students; Stimulating Student Creativity: A Review of Creativity in the Classroom; Learning How New Teachers Relate to Academic Diversity in Mixed Ability Classrooms; Total School Cluster Grouping: An Investigation of Achievement and Identification of Elementary School Students; Valuing, Identifying, Cultivating, and Rewarding Talents From Special Populations
MonTAGe - TAGFAM E-Journal Sponsored by the Families of the Gifted and Talented, this e-journal has some great stuff!
Educational Needs of Gifted and Talented Students
"The Latest Panacea for Gifted Students: Cooperative Learning" by Mike Pongracz; Providing Curriculum Alternatives to Motivate Gifted Students (ERIC Digest #E524) by Susan Winebrenner and Sandra Berger; "School Reform and Gifted Education" by Monique Lloyd; Findings : Parents and Advocates vs. Salem-Keizer S.D.; DTAC Position Paper on TAG Education in Portland Public Schools; ADHD and Children Who Are Gifted (ERIC Digest #522); NATIONAL EXCELLENCE: A Case for Developing America's Talent (available on Gopher)
Parent Advocacy
"Getting Change in the System" by Monique Lloyd; "Resources for Homeschooling Gifted Students" by Monique Lloyd; "Ten Tips for Parents of Gifted Children" by Monique Lloyd; "What Works!" by Monique Lloyd -- Stories of creative solutions to problems faced by TAG parents.
Articles provided by the MENSA site: (site might be slow)
Creativity; Gifted-children; Gifted-women; Teaching-gifted-children; About-gifted-children; An-intelligent-boy; Challenging-the-gifted; ERIC-Giftedness-and-career; Gifted-child-today; Gifted-children-cases; Gifted-children-in-UK; Gifted-ed-rescissions; Gifted-kids-BOCES; Gifted-vs-bright; Grading-gifted-students; Growing-up-gifted; If-you-have-a-gifted-child; Nurturing-the-gifted; Recognize-them; Recognizing-the-gifted; Socialization; Teague-meets-Hawking; Training-for-TAG-teachers; What-is-giftedness
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National Excellence report from the Dept. of Ed. Dealing with Gifted and Talented
National Excellence: A Case for Developing America's Talent (October 1993)
Part I.
A Quiet Crisis in Educating Talented Students; Indicators of the Crisis; America's Ambivalence Toward the Intellect; Mixed Message to Students Implications for American Education
Part II.
The Current Status of Education for the Nation's Most; Talented Students; How States and Districts Identify Talented Students; Number of Students Served; Support for Students; Programs and Services for Talented Students; Effective Programs for Talented Students
Part III.
The Future of Education for the Nation's Most Talented; Students; Emerging Views on Intelligence and Talent; Definition of Children with Outstanding Talent; Recommendations; A Vision for Excellent Schools; References
Hoagies' Gifted Education Page "Hoagies' page is an organized resource listing for parents of gifted children, including topics like gifted girls, gifted LD, profoundly gifted, educational options, and lots more. It includes links to local and global gifted organizations for several countries, including the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Australia, plus a list of conferences on gifted topics."
National Network of Families with Gifted Children (NNFGC)
A group of parents from across the US have formed the National Network of Families with Gifted Children. The mission of this virtual network is: "To educate the public regarding the unique social, emotional, and intellectual needs of gifted youth and to seek educational opportunities and supports to meet those needs."
Dues are free. There is currently an announcement-only e-mail list which provides: 1. Alerts and Updates on the federal funding legislation for gifted now before Congress, 2. Tools for effective Advocacy. Interested individuals may subscribe to the email list via the NNFGC web site.
Additional information about the federal funding legislation and tips for writing and contacting Members of Congress may be found on the website.
The NNFGC is working with the National Association for Gifted Children and the Council for Exceptional Children to ensure the passage of this important legislation.
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