gifted children

Discusses the use of technology with gifted students, covering how literacy is related to technology, the learning characteristics that attract gifted student to technology, how teachers can identify technology giftedness, how the Internet can be used to develop talent, and other related topics.

Explores the reasons why gifted students sometimes fail to achieve their potential, examining the relationship between achievement and the four factors of task value, self-efficacy, environmental perceptions, and self-regulation, and describing strategies parents and educators may use to keep gifted students motivated.

Offers a comprehensive overview of the latest research and findings related to the challenges and benefits specific to gifted children with attention difficulties, including Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Asperger syndrome.

Six health care professionals discuss ways in which parents and educators can distinguish between gifted and pathological behaviors when diagnosing disorders such as ADHD, ODD, Bipolor, OCD, autism, or Asperger's.

In this love story set in Ithaca, New York, at an alternative high school whose two requirements for admisstion are academic excellence and psychiatric disability, a boy and girl work on their year-long senior project to write their life stories as informed by the points-of-view of people who have known them through their lives.

Dr. One-Zero won't stop until the whole town--no, the whole world--embraces the "true happiness" found in his poisonous potion, Green Pop. And now that he has the Turtle of Light, he's virtually unstoppable. There's one weapon that can defeat him: another Turtle of Light. Unfortunately, they can only be found in another dimension! To open a portal to this new world, Hopper, Eni, and Josh's coding skills will be put to the test.

Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.

Dr. One-Zero won't stop until the whole world embraces his poisonous potion, Green Pop. Hopper, Eni and Josh must open a new portal to stop him.

"The battle on the island of Hades ended with a devastating explosion that left the island a smoking ruin and much of Hatch's Elgen army dead. However, Hatch survived and while his plans have certainly suffered a setback, he's more determined than ever to bring the world's governments under his control. But first, he wants to wipe out those who stand against him and capture the remaining members of the Electroclan. As Hatch's forces storm into action, it seems nothing can stand in their way. The Electroclan is divided. The voice is captured, and Michael's mother is being used as bait to lure the leader of the Resistance out of hiding. Can anything--or anyone--stop the Elgen? Or is this the end?"--Back cover.

Having faked his way into the Music and Art Academy, a performing arts school for gifted students where his talented older sister rules, sixth-grader Jake, a jokester who can barely play an instrument, will have to think of something quick before the last laugh is on him.