NAGC is dedicated to ensuring the success of our most highly able students. The links below contain a variety of books, professional papers, Gifted Child Quarterly articles, and other links supporting STEM education.
STEM Articles from the Pages of Gifted Child Quarterly
National Research Center for Gifted and Talented Monographs
Crucial Commentaries and Relevant Reports
Professional Papers: Expand Your Knowledge
Books
Math and Science Organizations
STEM Articles from the Pages of Gifted Child Quarterly
All articles from NAGC's journal, Gifted Child Quarterly, are downloadable for a small fee. Click titles for abstract
A Comprehensive Continuum of Gifted Education and Talent Development Services: Discovering, Developing, and Enhancing Young People’s Gifts and Talents
Marcia Gentry
Talented Students in an Exemplary Career and Technical Education School: A Qualitative Inquiry
Marcia Gentry, Saiying Hu, Scott J. Peters, and Mary Rizza
Gender Differences in Gifted Achievement in Britain and the U.S.
Joan Freeman
Gender Differences in Mathematics and the Sciences: Can Attributional Retraining Improve the Performance of Gifted Females?
Kurt A. Heller
The Reform Movement and the Quiet Crisis in Gifted Education
Joe Renzulli and Sally Reis
Crucial Commentaries and Relevant Reports
Commentary on National Security and Educational Excellence
Commentary on the Crisis Clouding the Future of R & D
The National Defense Education Act, Current STEM Initiative, and the Gifted
Rising above the Gatheing Storm (Revised)
Science and Engineering Indicators 2010: A Report Card for U.S. Science, Engineering, and Technology
Addressing the STEM Challenge by Expanding Specialty Math and Science High Schools
Focus on STEM from the National Research Center for Gifted and Talented NRC/GT
The work of The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) is guided by emerging research about the broadened conception of human potential and the need to develop "high-end learning" opportunities for all of America's students.
Science Talent in the Young Expressed Within Ecologies of Achievement
Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs for Talented Students in American High Schools: A Focus on Science and Mathematics
Residential Schools of Mathematics and Science for Academically Talented Youth: An Analysis of Admission Programs
Constructing a Secure Mathematics Pipeline for Minority Students
The Development of Gifted and Talented Mathematics Students and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards
Professional Papers: Expand Your Knowledge
STEM: The 21st Century Sputnik
With permission from Kappa Delta Pi Record, 44, no4, Summer 2008
Symposium Promotes Technological Literacy through STEM
With permission from The Technology Teacher, 68, no6, March 2009
A Resuscitation of Gifted Education
With permission from American Educational History Journal, Volume 36, Number 1, 2009
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A STEM Brainstorm at NASA
With Permission from Techniques, 83,no9, January 2009 83
Books with a STEM focus
The Peak in the Middle: Developing Mathematically Gifted Students in the Middle Grades
Edited by: Mark Saul, Susan Assouline, & Linda Jensen Sheffield
Developing Mathematically Promising Students
Edited by Linda Jensen Sheffield
Critical Issues in STEM Evaluation: New Directions for Evaluation
By Douglas Huffman & Frances Lawrenz
Institute strives for national STEM education network
By Cynthia D. Miller
Materials from our Sponsors
Please visit the following websites for Books relating to STEM Curriculum as well.
Prufrock Press
Science, Math, Technology
Corwin Press
Science, Math, Technology
Free Spirit Press
Science, Math
Math and Science Organizations
Explore these great Math and Science links to find out what others across the country are doing to increase education in the STEM fields.
National Science Teachers Association
National Council for the Teachers of Mathematics
NASA
National Science Foundation
Coalition for Science After School (CSAS) National STEM Directory
The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Institute
The STEM Coalition
Math and Science High Schools
Several states sponsor public high schools for students in grades 11 and 12 who are advanced in math and science Generally, admission is selective and based upon previous academic records, personal interviews, teacher recommendations, and standardized testing. Click here for the most up-to-date list.
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