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Background information

Encyclopedia of giftedness, creativity, and talent / editor, Barbara Kerr.
Los Angeles : SAGE, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference » LC3993.2 .E63 2009 V.1
Gifted children and gifted education : a handbook for teachers and parents / Gary A. Davis.
1st ed. Scottsdale, AZ : Great Potential Press, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993.9 .D383 2006
Designed for teachers and parents, this book "describes cornerstone components of today's school programs for gifted and talented students."
Handbook of giftedness in children : psychoeducational theory, research, and best practices / edited by Steven I. Pfeiffer.
New York : Springer, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993.2 .H36 2008
"In one comprehensive resource, the Handbook of Giftedness in Children brings together leading experts from the fields of psychology and education, combining theory and applied empirical research on such crucial topics as conceptualization, types of intelligence, developmental considerations, and ethical and legal concerns. Particular attention is given to social and family contexts, and evidence-based strategies and interventions offer solid guidelines on assessment, curriculum design, and encouraging and nurturing talent ‚ from preschool through adolescence."
The Routledge international companion to gifted education / edited by Tom Balchin, Barry Hymer, Dona J. Matthews.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993 .R69 2009
Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education / Editor, James A. Banks, University of Washington.
Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference » LC1099 .E38 2012 V.1
"The major aim of this encyclopedia is to describe the most important concepts, theories, research, policies, case studies, and programs at the pre-school through the postsecondary levels and their implications for educational reform. Diversity is defined broadly in this encyclopedia and includes race, ethnicity, social class, gender, sexual orientation (LGBT), religion, language, and exceptionality, which encompasses giftedness and disability." p. xlviii

New books

Understanding gifted adolescents : accepting the exceptional / Joanna Simpson and Megan Glover Adams.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993.23 .S56 2015
Interplay of creativity and giftedness in science / edited by Melissa K. Demetrikopoulos and John L. Pecore.
Rotterdam [The Netherlands] ; Boston : Sense Pub., c2016.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » Q181 .I65578 2016
Inequality in gifted and talented programs : parental choices about status, school opportunity, and second-generation segregation / Allison Roda.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3995 .N5 R64 2015
Special secondary schools for the mathematically talented : an international panorama / edited by Bruce R. Vogeli (Columbia University, USA).
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » QA11.2 .V64 2016
Failing our brightest kids : the global challenge of educating high-ability students / Chester E. Finn, Jr., Brandon L. Wright.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993.9 .F57 2015
Teaching gifted children with special educational needs : supporting dual and multiple exceptionality / Diane Montgomery.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3997 .G7 M654 2015
Practice-oriented
Essentials of gifted assessment / Steven I. Pfeiffer.
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2015.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993.2 .P44 2015
Practice-oriented.
Smart kids with learning difficulties : overcoming obstacles and realizing potential / Rich Weinfeld, Linda Barnes-Robinson, Sue Jeweler, & Betty Roffman Shevitz.
Second edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC4705 .S615 2013
Practice-oriented.
Finding John Galt : people, politics, and practice in gifted education / edited by Elizabeth A. Romey (Columbus State University).
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993.9 .F56 2013
The Roeper School : a model for holistic development of high ability / edited by Don Ambrose, Bharath Sriraman and Tracy L. Cross.
Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3995 .B56 R647 2013
A century of contributions to gifted education : illuminating lives / edited by Ann Robinson and Jennifer L. Jolly.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993 .C456 2014
Challenging exceptionally bright children in early childhood classrooms / Ann Gadzikowski.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993.218 .G33 2013
Practice-oriented.
Using the common core state standards for English language arts with gifted and advanced learners / edited by Joyce VanTassel-Baska ; contributing authors, Joyce VanTassel-Baska ... [et al.].
Waco, Tex. : Prufrock Press, Inc., c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1576 .U77 2013
Practice-oriented.
Using the common core state standards for mathematics with gifted and advanced learners / edited by Susan K. Johnsen and Linda J. Sheffield ; contributing authors, Linda J. Sheffield ... [et al.].
Waco, Tex. : Prufrock Press, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » QA11.2 .U75 2013
Practice-oriented.
Exceptionality in East Asia : explorations in the actiotope model of giftedness / edited by Shane N. Phillipson, Heidrun Stoeger and Albert Ziegler.
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3999.4 .E94 2013
Discovering and developing talents in Spanish-speaking students / Joan Franklin Smutny ... [et al.].
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2669 .D57 2012
Practice-oriented.
Perfectionism and gifted children / Rosemary Callard-Szulgit ; illustrated by Mark K. Szulgit.
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993.2 .C36 2012
The underachieving gifted child : recognizing, understanding, and reversing underachievement / Del Siegle.
Waco, Tex. : Prufrock Press, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993.2 .S54 2013
Practice-oriented.
A teacher's guide to working with children & families from diverse backgrounds : a CEC-TAG educational resource / Julia Link Roberts, Ed.D., & Jennifer L. Jolly, Ph.D.
Waco, Texas : Prufrock Press Inc., 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993 .R6124 2012
Practice-oriented.
Fundamentals of gifted education : considering multiple perspectives / edited by Carolyn M. Callahan, Holly L. Hertberg-Davis.
New York : Routledge, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993 .F82 2013
Confronting dogmatism in gifted education / edited by Don Ambrose, Robert J. Sternberg, and Bharath Sriraman.
New York, NY : Routledge, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993.9 .C665 2012
Growing up gifted : developing the potential of children at school and at home / Barbara Clark.
8th ed. Boston : Pearson, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993.9 .C58 2013
Practice-oriented.
Teaching advanced learners in the general education classroom : doing more with less! / Joan Franklin Smutny, S.E. von Fremd.
Thousand Oaks : Corwin Press, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1201 .S58 2011
Practice-oriented.
The pedagogy of confidence : inspiring high intellectual performance in urban schools / Yvette Jackson ; foreword by Reuven Feuerstein.
New York : Teachers College Press, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC4091 .J33 2011
Nerds : how dorks, dweebs, techies, and trekkies can save America and why they might be our last hope / David Anderegg.
1st trade paperback ed. New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993.9 .A84 2011
Creativity in mathematics and the education of gifted students / edited by Roza Leikin, Abraham Berman, Boris Koichu.
Rotterdam ; Boston : Sense Publishers, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » QA11.2 .C745 2009
Reversing underachievement among gifted Black students / Donna Y. Ford.
2nd ed. Waco, Tex. : Prufrock Press, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993.9 .F66 2011
Explorations in giftedness / Robert J. Sternberg, Linda Jarvin, Elena L. Grigorenko.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993 .S84 2011
The nature and nurture of giftedness : a new framework for understanding gifted education / David Yun Dai.
New York : Teachers College Press, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3993 .D35 2010

Journals

Gifted child today magazine [electronic resource].
Waco, TX : Prufrock Press Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Gifted education international.
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire : A B Academic Publishers, c1982-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3991 .G53 V.27:NO.1-3 2010/2011
Journal for the education of the gifted.
[Reston, Va.] Association for the Gifted.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » LC3993.9 .J68 V.34:NO.3-6 2011

Databases

Education databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Psychology databases

PsycINFO [electronic resource].
[Bethesda, Md.] : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines.
PsycARTICLES [electronic resource].
Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association,
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Provides full text access to articles from journals published by APA and allied organizations since 1988. Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.
PsycCritiques [electronic resource].
Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
PsycTESTS [electronic resource].
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource