This best-selling author helps you turn research on the brain function of intellectually and artistically advanced students into practical classroom activities and strategies. Dispelling the myths about the nature of giftedness with credible research, Sousa provides greater understanding of the idiosyncrasies of gifted children, and the implications for teaching and parenting them.

This book will help answer such questions as:

• How are the brains of gifted students different?
• What kinds of strategies are particularly effective for students with particular gifts?
• What can be done to adequately challenge gifted students in our schools?
• What can we do to identify and help gifted students who are underachievers?
• How can we identify and help students who are both gifted and learning disabled?