Gifted or Just Plain Smart?: Teaching the 99th Percentile Made Easier [Hardcover]

This book will provide an overview of some of the controversies and issues that face teachers from elementary through high school who are including gifted students in their regular classrooms. It will also provide support, strategies, and some humor for all stakeholdersparents included.Audrey M. Quinlan, Ph.D., recently retired as the Chair of the Division of Education and Graduate Program Director at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania where she still currently teaches a graduate course in gifted education and supervises student teachers. She holds supervisory, principal, and teacher certifications in elementary and middle level education and has taught and been principal in public and parochial schools.

Gifted or Just Plain Smart? is a must read for any educator who works with the gifted population! Not only will I recommend this book to my colleagues, but I also will use it as my go-to guide for the rest of my career. Dr. Quinlan fuses current research with peoples personal experiences to deliver information in an honest manner that makes sense. The strategies and tips presented are especially helpful to practitioners because they are situated in historical and theoretical contexts. Simply stated, teachers who read this text will know what to do and why to do it! Constance DeMore, Norwin School District, Coordinator of Secondary Gifted Education

Dr. Audrey Quinlan has written a wonderfully comprehensive and practical book, Gifted or Just Plain Smart?: Teaching the 99th Percentile Made Easier, to better help teachers, parents and any interested persons understand and educate our gifted children. She provides necessary background information on the definition and traits of the gifted while also sharing the myths and stereotypes that still exist in this day and age! Every chapter starts with applicable quotes framing the topics and ends with Food for Thoughts for discussion, review and springboards for further discussions. HonorlÓ7