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This brilliant little guide presents a digestible and user-friendly introduction to providing for able and talented children across the age ranges.
Introduction
1. Underlying principles
Rationale
A suitable curriculum
A single target
An ethos of success and achievement
A choice of contract
Working well with parents
Recognition of all types of ability
Differentiation
Acceleration or fast tracking
Case studies
The vital link
Combating the underachievement of able pupils
The starting point and number of steps in a process
Finding time
Homework
Different working methods
Suitable reading
2. Thinking skills
Visual thinking
On the move
Length and style appropriate to the purpose
Question-and-answer sessions
Group work
Problem solving
Classification
Evaluation
Prediction
Abstract thinking
Creativity
Numeracy
Lateral thinking problems
Logical thinking
3. Enrichment
Matrix problems
Detective work
Codes
Wordplay
Dictionary and thesaurus
Homonyms
Crosswords
Proverbs
Crossing subject boundaries
Poetry across the curriculum
Putting the fun into learning
Picture books
4. Final thoughts and answers
Putting on curriculum glasses
Going on from here
Answers
| Published | 09 Oct 2006 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 96 |
| ISBN | 9781855397903 |
| Imprint | Network Continuum Education |
| Series | Pocket PAL |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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