El. knyga: Curriculum Compacting: A Guide to Differentiating Curriculum and Instruction Through Enrichment and Acceleration

Reis, Renzulli, and Burns present the second edition of their comprehensive guide to using curriculum compacting to differentiate instruction for talented and gifted students. The authors cover curriculum compacting, how to compact curriculum for students, replacement activities for students to pursue in time saved by curriculum compacting, and many other related subjects over the course of the book’s eight chapters. Sally M. Reis and Joseph S. Renzulli are faculty members of the University of Connecticut. Deborah E. Burns is with the Cheshire, Connecticut Public Schools. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Curriculum compacting is one of the most well-researched and commonly used ways of differentiating instruction to challenge advanced learners. This practical and inexpensive method of differentiating both content and instruction enables classroom teachers to streamline the regular curriculum, ensure students' mastery of basic skills, and provide time for stimulating enrichment and acceleration activities. With information on the history and rationale of curriculum compacting as well as successful implementation strategies and multiple case studies, the second edition of Curriculum Compacting introduces the strategies that teachers need to understand to implement this differentiation strategy for high potential, highly motivated and academically talented and gifted students.