Benjamin S. Bloom Lauren A. Sosniak Kathryn D. Sloane
The dramatic findings of a ground-breaking study of 120 immensely talented individuals reveal astonishing new information on developing talent in young people. - The Nature of the Study and Why It Was Done - Learning to Be a Concert Pianist - One Concert Pianist - The Development of Accomplished Sculptors - The Development of Olympic Swimmers - One Olympic Swimmer - Learning to Be a World-Class Tennis Player - The Development of Exceptional Research Mathematicians - One Mathematician: "Hal Foster" - Becoming an Outstanding...
The dramatic findings of a ground-breaking study of 120 immensely talented individuals reveal astonishing new information on developing talent in y...
This volume presents a set of studies that explore significant questions about mathematics teaching and learning, and illustrate new methodologies for the analysis of new questions about mathematics education. The data from the "Second International Mathematical Study" (SIMS) is the starting point for all of the material in this work. SIMS was one of the largest and most comprehensive data-collection effort on mathematics teaching and learning ever undertaken. Because of its scale, comparative cross-cultural perspective, conceptualization and design, its data offer an indispensable...
This volume presents a set of studies that explore significant questions about mathematics teaching and learning, and illustrate new methodologies ...
No child should have to be identified as "gifted" in order to benefit from a rich, challenging learning experience. This book tells the story of the Academic Talent Development Program (ATDP) at UC Berkeley, an example of a long-standing, self-supporting summer program that shifted from "mining" to "growing" talent. The authors provide an insider's view of the teachers, students, curriculum, and school culture as a model for creating academic enrichments programs in and out of school.
No child should have to be identified as "gifted" in order to benefit from a rich, challenging learning experience. This book tells the story of the A...
