Science education for gifted learners

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Taber Keith.
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: London
Publication Dates: 2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xv, 240 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0415395348 (pbk.)
9780415395342 (pbk.)
Index Number: G763
CLC: G763
Call Number: G763/S416
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index.
Science education for gifted learners? -- The characteristics of the gifted and exceptionally able in science -- Gifted science learners with special educational needs -- The emotional lives of fledgling geniuses -- Opportunities for gifted science provision in the context of a learner-centred national curriculum -- Developing the thinking of gifted students through science -- Challenging able science learners through models and modelling -- Challenging gifted learners through classroom dialogue -- Asking questions in classroom science -- Teaching controversial socio-scientific issues to gifted and talented students -- Context-based science : a 'gift horse' for the talented? -- Choice for the gifted : lessons from teaching about scientific explanations -- Practical work for the gifted in science -- Working together to provide enrichment for able science learners -- Bringing learners and scientific expertise together -- An agenda for science education for gifted learners.