Book selection for young gifted readers

Baskin, Barbara; Harris, Karen H.

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“…In the past, we have used the Baskin and Harris (1980) criteria for making literary selections, finding the emphases important for selecting appropriate texts. When the Halsted (2002) book came out, other criteria became important related to social and emotional issues that were addressed at each stage of development in elementary, middle, and high schools.…”

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Curriculum Issues: The Importance of Selecting Literature for Gifted Learners

VanTassel‐Baska

2017

Gifted Child Today

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Curriculum Issues: The Importance of Selecting Literature for Gifted Learners

VanTassel‐Baska

2017

Gifted Child Today

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“…Findings from these studies suggest that advanced early readers use orthographic information more efficiently and have stronger text-reading speed and comprehension relative to their word identification speed as compared with average readers. This is an important yet unexplored phenomenon in the area of reading instruction because educators who better understand the cognitive development of advanced readers can more effectively inform instruction in the classroom (Baskin & Harris, 1980; Halsted, 1990; Olson et al, 2006).…”

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Advanced Readers in Reading First Classrooms

Brighton

Moon

Huang

2015

Journal for the Education of the Gifted

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This study of advanced readers in Reading First (RF) classrooms was part of a larger evaluation of one state's RF implementation. The study's purposes were to (a) assess the longitudinal growth of advanced primary readers as compared with their non-advanced-reading peers over a 3-year timeframe and (b) determine the degree to which RF classrooms addressed the reading needs of advanced primary readers. Archival data sources included RF scaled scores, classroom observations, and interviews with teachers, coaches, and principals. Using multilevel growth modeling, results indicated that all readers grew; however, advanced readers grew the least, with the average of the group going from the 97th national percentile rank (NPR) in the spring of kindergarten to the 83rd NPR in the spring of their second-grade year. Qualitative findings revealed four themes: (a) Strict adherence to adopted basal readers defined program fidelity, (b) compromises in curriculum and instruction limited opportunities for advanced readers, (c) degree of fit between the core basal readers and advanced readers resulted in lack of challenge, and (d) varied understandings (and misunderstandings) surrounding differentiated instruction led to limited rigor for advanced readers. Recommendations are offered to help practitioners and researchers ensure that the needs of advanced readers in proposed federal and state education regulations and initiatives are considered rather than only focusing on struggling students.

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Challenging: Gifted Learners: Through Children's Literature

Bryant¹

1989

Gifted Child Today Magazine

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Early primary educators whose classes include some students with advanced academic abilities must provide experiences that stimulate their intellectual development while meeting the educational needs of the typical learners. One way to provide for these advanced learners is to extend and enrich the mandated curriculum through the use of children's literature. Library books offer a broad range of topics upon which units of study can be developed. This method is cost effective as the books are readily available through the school or public library and the interest level is appropriate to young children. The units can correlate with the regular curriculum, include required basic skills, offer new knowledge, develop higher level thinking skills and instill a love of learning.

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Book selection for young gifted readers

Cited by 3 publications

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Curriculum Issues: The Importance of Selecting Literature for Gifted Learners

Curriculum Issues: The Importance of Selecting Literature for Gifted Learners

Advanced Readers in Reading First Classrooms

Challenging: Gifted Learners: Through Children's Literature

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