Series:

Gifted Treasury

7 total works

Cover of Developing Creative Leadership

Part of the Gifted Treasury Series, Developing Creative Leadership provides an overview of leadership in the crucial grades of 6-12. Drawing upon theories based on cognitive and affective leadership, and the role of leadership in gifted education, leadership is discussed as it pertains to research projects, problem solving, interpersonal communication, and decision-making. Strategies are provided for curriculum planning in the first half of the book in preparation for the second half, which presents practical units for developing leadership. Suggestions are made for developing programs around the Leadership Training Model (LTM), a comprehensive model on which gifted programs can be based.

Cover of Inventing, Inventions, and Inventors

Flack's exciting, mind-stretching activities illuminate a rich, interdisciplinary field of study. Investigating inventions of the past and the present, funny inventions, and inventions we may see in the future provides a natural springboard to creative thinking. Recommended books, films, organizations, and other learning resources are noted throughout the text. Grades 7-9 (adaptable for many grades).

Cover of Integrating Aerospace Science into the Curriculum
This resource book for the media specialist or for use in the G/T classroom offers substantive information combined with an activity orientation that aims to "demystify space" for today's students. The text provides a comprehensive overview of the whole field of space science. It presents hands-on activities that integrate space science with other curriculum areas. These range from man's first contemplation of flight to rockets, space shuttles, hypersonic planes, space colonies, and space stations.

Cover of Mystery and Detection

Mystery and Detection

by Jerry D Flack

Published 1 September 1990

Cover of Integrating Aerospace Science Into the Curriculum: K-12

Cover of Talented

Talented

by Jerry D Flack

Published 15 July 1993

With the vision that children can learn well and achieve excellence if provided with opportunity and challenge, Flack offers exciting ideas and strategies to identify and develop the unique talents found in each one. These strategies employ the library media specialist and teacher as allies in the talent development process, and they promote the concept of basic skills beyond literacy and numeracy into goal setting, time management, library research, creative and critical thinking, and problem solving. The activities are designed to promote literacy, integrated learning, diversity, and academic excellence. Grades K-12.

Cover of Creative Thinking and Problem Solving for Young Learners

Can creativity be taught? Absolutely! And Meador shows you exactly how to nourish creativity and problem-solving abilities in your students. After presenting valid models of creative thinkers appearing in outstanding children's literature, she offers a variety of activities you can use to develop creative processes through fluency, flexibility, and originality. In addition, there are lists for further reading and guidelines for adapting lessons. Grades K-4 (adaptable to other grades).