ERIC Number: ED337947
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1990-Aug
Pages: 121
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1040-1350
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Understanding Our Gifted, Volume 2, Issues 1-6, September 1989-August 1990.
Silverman, Linda, Ed.
Understanding Our Gifted, v2 n1-6 Sep 1989-Aug 1990
This document consists of six issues (all of volume 2) of a newsletter subtitled "Dedicated to Helping Gifted Children Reach their Full Potential". These issues deal with all aspects of parenting and educating gifted children. Major articles include: "Re-examining the Concept of Underachievement" (Joanne Rand Whitmore); "Student Interests: A Key to Reversing the Underachievement Pattern" (Linda J. Emerick); "The Emotional Foundation of Gifted Girls" (Christine N. Garrison); "Gifted Girls' Self-Concept and Their Communication with Parents" (Carolyn M. Callahan and Dewey G. Cornell); "Reclaiming Lost Giftedness in Girls" (Linda Kreger Silverman); "Gaining Intimacy as a Talented Adolescent: A Primer for Parents" (Thomas M. Buescher); "Profiles of Creative Adolescents" (Jane Piirto);"Pathways to Thoughtfulness" (John Barell); "From Lower Order to Higher Order Learning" (Richard Paul); "Helping Our Students 'Wish To Learn'" (Janna Hugo); "The Exceptionally Gifted Child" (Miraca U. M. Gross and John F. Feldhusen); "Finding and Serving Gifted Preschoolers" (Mary L. Parkinson); "The Gift of Vision" (Lynn Fishman Hellerstein); "Tutoring Techniques for the Gifted" (Jeffrey N. Freed); and "Reasoning about Giftedness: A Response" (N. E. Jackson). Each issue also contains regularly appearing columns, such as "The Hidden Gifted Learner" (Suzanne M. Perry); "Kaleidoscope" (James R. Delisle); "Parenting" (Elizabeth Meckstroth); "Instructional Strategies" (Joyce VanTassel-Baska); "The Reading Room" (Stephanie S. Tolan); "The Highly Gifted" (Kathi Kearney); "Personality Plus" (Linda Kreger Silverman); "Bright Beginnings: The Young Gifted Child" (Martha Morelock); "In Search of Serendipity: Creative Ventures and Encounters" (Jerry Flack); "Adolescent Passages" (Thomas M. Buescher); "Antenna...Current Developments in Gifted Education" (Dorothy Knopper); and "From Parent to Parent" (author varies). (JDD)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adolescents, Child Rearing, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Development, Females, Gifted, Learning Activities, Personality Development, Preschool Education, Reading Materials, Student Characteristics, Student Development, Student Interests, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods, Tutoring, Underachievement
Open Space Communications, Inc., P.O. Box 18268, Boulder, CO 80308-8268 ($30.00 per year for 6 issues).
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials; Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Parents
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
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