Differentiation for Gifted Learners: Going Beyond the Basics

Within a group of advanced learners, the variety of abilities, talents, interests, and learning styles can be formidable. For the first time, this book connects the unique learning differences among gifted students to the specific teaching methods used to tailor their educational experiences. Differentiated instruction for gifted and talented students must go beyond adjusting content levels, task complexity, or product choice.
 
Topics discussed include:

• Common Core State Standards
• real-world problem solving
• abstract thinking
• interdisciplinary concepts
• authentic products
• learning autonomy
• accountability
• grouping practices
• affective curriculum
• 21st-century skills
• Advanced Placement and Honors classes
• IB programs
• underserved populations
• twice-exceptional learners

• Teaching Gifted Children in Today’s Preschool and Primary Classrooms: Identifying, Nurturing, and Challenging Children Ages 4–9
• Modern Curriculum for Gifted and Advanced Academic Students
• Differentiating the Curriculum for Gifted Learners (Effective Teaching in Today's Classroom)
• Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use
• Making Differentiation a Habit: How to Ensure Success in Academically Diverse Classrooms
• Teaching Gifted Kids in Today’s Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use
• The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners, 2nd Edition
• A Teacher’s Guide to Flexible Grouping and Collaborative Learning: Form, Manage, Assess, and Differentiate in Groups
• Education of the Gifted and Talented (7th Edition) (What's New in Special Education)
• Advancing Differentiation: Thinking and Learning for the 21st Century