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GIFTED EDUCATION

 

Celebrating Gifts & Talents
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.9184

1 videocassette (9 min.) : VHS

Washington, D.C. : National Association for Gifted Children, c1998
Video features talented and gifted youth and provides an overview of the educational needs of gifted and talented students that can be used in a number of group settings.

Gifted children -- Education -- United States


Creative Beginnings
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.9149

New York, N.Y. : Ambrose Video Pub. Inc., c1991
1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
Series The creative spirit ; no. 2
Note For school and library use only
Looks at how adult creativity is formed by childhood experiences and asks whether we are crushing or liberating the creativity of our children. Examines new teaching techniques to encourage creativity. Explores creativity in the home with suggestions for avoiding "creativity killers."

Subject Creative ability
Creative ability in children


Creativity & Leadership: Making the Mind Extraordinary

Memorial Hall-ETMC 153.35 Cre
Memorial-ETMC-AHRD AHRD 105
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.7573
+ Guide (43 p.)
Los Angeles, CA : Into the Classroom Media, 1998
1 videocassette VHS (50 min.)
Produced in cooperation with Harvard Project Zero, this video is Howard Gardner's exclusive video presentation of his revolutionary new psychology of extraordinariness. Based on over 15 years of research, Gardner's presentation offers seminal new insights into the origins of creativity and leadership, and represents the culmination of his work in such writings as Multiple Intelligences, Frames of Mind, Leading Minds, Creating Minds, and Extraordinary Minds. -- container
Creative ability
Creative thinking
Leadership


Differentiated Instruction

JMU Media Resources Videotape no. 9157 - 9158
Port Chester, NY : National Professional Resources, Inc., c2003
2 videocassettes VHS (100 min.) + 1 viewer's guide (76 p..)
Differentiated instructional practice series (DIPS)
The goal of the videos is to assist teachers to tailor their instructional practices to ensure the success of all students
Contents [v. 1] A focus on inclusion -- [v. 2] A focus on the gifted
Individualized instruction
Inclusive education -- United States
Special education -- United States
Gifted children -- United States


The Gifted Child

~Online video (JMU users)~

JMU Media Resources DVD 3191
Bloomington, Ill. : Meridian Education Corporation, c1997
1 DVD-R (24 min.)
Gifted children -- Identification
Gifted children -- Education


Great Expectations: Prodigies, Gifted Children & Your Kid

~Connect to online video (JMU users)~

JMU Media Resources DVD 3183
Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities, c1988
1 DVD (52 min.)
This program examines the problems and privileges of brilliant children who are gifted with intellectually mature minds, yet are still physically and often emotionally immature, and the social consequences of being exceptionally intelligent
Genius
Gifted children
Intellect
Intelligence tests


Intelligence, Creativity and Thinking Styles

~Connect to online video (JMU users)~

JMU Media Resources DVD 3184
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c2005
Local Note Originally broadcast in 1997 as a segment of: Positive insights on education
1 DVD-R (29 min.)
Robert Sternberg discusses the components of intelligence
Intellect
Cognitive styles
Creative thinking


Multiple Intelligences: Discovering the Giftedness in All

Dr. Thomas Armstrong, one of the most nationally acclaimed lectures in the area of Multiple Intelligences (MI), presents an array of teaching strategies to discover giftedness in all children.

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Multiple Intelligences and Mindmapping

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.5523
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, 1997, c1996

1 videocassette (39 min.) VHS
Note Originally broadcast as a segment of the teleconference: Making connections
Describes cooperative learning concepts and focuses on the importance of encouraging each student to achieve. Discusses the role of rating scales as part of the assessment process, along with effective ways television can be used in math and science curriculums
Group work in education
Educational innovations
Active learning


MI Millennium: Multiple Intelligences for the New Millennuim

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.7481

Los Angeles, CA : Into the Classroom Media, c2002
1 videocassette (ca. 48 min.) + 1 guide (44 p. )
Lecture by Howard Gardner presenting new ideas, new directions, and new implications for the MI theory. Recent work on performance-based assessment, education for understanding and the use of MI to achieve personalized curriculum, instruction and assessment are also presented
Contents Who owns intelligence? -- A new view -- The 9 intelligences? -- The 3 axes of intelligence -- MI in practice : individualization & assessment -- Disciplinary understanding : entry points -- Intelligence in the new millennium -- Intelligence & ethics : good work

Multiple intelligences
Cognitive styles
Educational psychology
Intellect
Learning
Education -- Philosophy


The Parallel Curriculum [Kit]: A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development
JMU Media Resources Kit no.35

[Thousand Oaks, Calif.] : Corwin : National Association for Gifted Children, 2002-2005
Contents: Items include: 1. Book, 2002. "The parallel curriculum: a design to develop high potential and challenge high-ability learners" (270 p.) -- 2. Video, VHS, 2003 , "The parallel curriculum video for staff development" (45 min.) -- 3. Facilitator's guide, 2005, (54 p.) -- DVD, 2005, "The parallel curriculum featuring Carol Ann Tomlinson" (45 min.)

Gifted children -- Education -- Curricula
Curriculum planning


The Search for Intelligence

JMU Media Resources DVD 3356
Pasadena, CA : Intelecom, c2006

1 DVD-R (27 min.)
Series Inside out ; 14
Note "Correlated to the texts Psychology and Psychology in modules by David G. Myers."--Container
This program presents several theories of intelligence, including triarchic theory, multiple intelligences, and emotional intelligence
Intellect