Total School Cluster Grouping and Differentiation: A Comprehensive, Research-based Plan for Raising Student Achievement and Improving Teacher Practices, Edition 2
About this ebook
This revised and updated second edition of Total School Cluster Grouping and Differentiation includes rationale and research followed by specific steps for developing site-specific applications that will make the important art of differentiation possible by reducing the range of achievement levels in teachers' classrooms. Materials to support staff development—including powerful simulations, evaluation, management, special populations, differentiation strategies, social and emotional needs, and recommended materials—are included.
About the author
Marcia Gentry is the director of the Gifted Education Resource Institute and professor of educational studies at Purdue University. Her research has focused on the use of cluster grouping and differentiation, the application of gifted education pedagogy to improve teaching and learning, student perceptions of school, and nontraditional services and underserved populations.
Dr. Mann is the Co-Director of the Gifted Education Resource Institute and an Assistant Professor of Educational Studies at Purdue University where she oversees the PreKindergarten through 12th grade talent development programs and the gifted and talented licensure program. In addition, she presents regularly at state and national conferences including the National Association for Gifted Children, Confratute, and the DISCOVER! Institute.
