Forty-two experts in gifted education contributed to 25 chapters, and each chapter includes a discussion of the model, theoretical underpinnings, research on effectiveness, and considerations for implementations.

Preface 1. Promoting Excellence: Acceleration Through Enrichment 2. Talent Centered Model for Twice Exceptional Students 3. The Autonomous Learner Model for the Gifted & Talented 4. Gifted Education Without Gifted Programs or Gifted Students: An Anti-Model 5. Evaluation for Decision-Making: The Practitioner¿s Guide to Program Evaluation 6. The Integrative Education Model 7. The Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent 8. Problem-Based Learning 9. Total School Cluster Grouping: Model, Research, & Practice 10. The Grid: A Model to Construct Differentiated Curriculum for the Gifted 11. The DISCOVER Assessment & Curriculum Development Model 12. The Purdue Three-Stag e Model 13. The Schoolwide Enrichment Model: A Focus on Student Strengths & Interests 14. The Multiple Menu Model for Developing Differentiated Curriculum 15. The Trifocal Model for Preventing & Reversing Underachievement 16. The Arkansas Evaluation Initiative in Gifted Education 17. Talents Unlimited: Thinking Skills Instruction for All Students 18. The Catalyst Model: Resource Consultation & Collaboration in Gifted Education 19. WICS as a Model of Giftedness 20. Defining, Determining, Discovering, & Developing Excellence 21. The Parallel Curriculum Model: A Design to Develop Potential & Challenge High -Ability Learners 22. Differentiation: Making Curriculum Work for All Students Through Responsive Planning & Instruction 23. Levels of Service: A Contemporary Approach to Programming for Talent Development 24. The Integrated Curriculum Model 25. Aligning Potential & Passion for Promise: A Model for Educating Intellectually Talented Youth About the Authors