Academic Competitions for Gifted Students: A Resource Book for Teachers and Parents

This handbook covers 170 competitions, criteria for selecting events that match students' strengths/weaknesses, strategies for maximizing the benefits of competitions, and ways to avoid potential problems.

Author: Mary K. Tallent-Runnels,Ann C. Candler-Lotven
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
Published: 11/01/2007
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 9.99h x 7.13w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9781412959117

About the Author

Mary K. Tallent-Runnels is a Professor of Educational Psychol-ogy in the College of Education at Texas Tech University. She has over 30 years of experience working with parents and teachers of gifted children ages of 4 to 17. In addition to her time as both a public and private school teacher of gifted students and administrator of gifted programs, she is the former director of the IDEAL program at Texas Tech University. She is the recipient of several teaching and research awards at both the public school and university levels. Her research interests are gifted children and online instruction. She is the author of numerous articles in gifted and talented education as well as in online teaching. She has published in journals such as Gifted Child Quarterly, The Journal for the Education of the Gifted, Roeper Review, G/C/T, Contemporary Educational Psychology, Review of Educational Research, and the Journal of Experimental Education.

Ann C. Candler-Lotven is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Texas A&M University-Texarkana. She has 30 years of experience in the education of students with exceptionalities. During those years, she also worked with the parents and teachers of exceptional students. Her research interests include exceptional learners, learning and student strategies, and gifted students. She has authored numerous articles, books, and book chapters in the field of special education. She has published in Academic Therapy, Child Lan-guage Teaching and Therapy, Gifted Child Quarterly and the Journal for the Education of the Gifted.