Math Education for Gifted Students
“Math Education for Gifted Students” by Susan K. Johnsen, published by Prufrock Press Inc. in 2005, is an illustrated edition comprising 146 pages. This book is part of the “Gifted Child Today Reader” series, which compiles notable articles from the popular journal “Gifted Child Today.” It presents practical classroom ideas, research summaries, and discussions on the identification and management of gifted students, particularly in the context of mathematics education.
Readers will find a range of strategies designed to support mathematically gifted students, emphasizing the need for differentiated curricula that cater to their unique learning processes. The book includes specific instructional strategies such as tiered lessons and distance learning, as well as innovative activities that integrate architecture with mathematics. This resource aims to equip educators with the tools necessary to enhance the learning experience for gifted students in both general and specialized educational settings.
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For the first time, the “Gifted Child Today Reader” series brings together the best articles published in “Gifted Child Today”, the nation’s most popular gifted education journal. Each book in the series is filled with exciting and practical classroom ideas, useful summaries of research findings, discussions of identification and classroom management, and informed opinions about educating gifted kids. Anyone involved in education will benefit from the practical, research-based ideas this unique series has to offer. Given gifted students’ accelerated and intuitive thought processes regarding mathematics, teachers need to design differentiated curricula and use strategies that increase the complexity and pace of instruction. The authors provide some specific strategies for both organizing a gifted program and teaching mathematically gifted students in either the general education classroom or in special settings. “Math Education for Gifted Students” offers information about how to differentiate for mathematically gifted students, as well as tried-and-true instructional strategies to employ, including tiered lessons, distance learning, and activities combining architecture and math.
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