Academic Competitions for Gifted Students: A Resource Book for Teachers and Parents / Edition 2

by Mary K. Tallent-Runnels, Ann C. Candler-Lotven

Overview

This handbook covers 170 competitions, criteria for selecting events that match students' strengths/weaknesses, strategies for maximizing the benefits of competitions, and ways to avoid potential problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412959117
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/19/2007
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mary K. Tallent-Runnels is a Professor of Educational Psychol­ogy in the College of Education at Texas Tech University. She has over 30 years of experience working with parents and teachers of gifted children ages of 4 to 17. In addition to her time as both a public and private school teacher of gifted students and administrator of gifted programs, she is the former director of the IDEAL program at Texas Tech University. She is the recipient of several teaching and research awards at both the public school and university levels. Her research interests are gifted children and online instruction. She is the author of numerous articles in gifted and talented education as well as in online teaching. She has published in journals such as Gifted Child Quarterly, The Journal for the Education of the Gifted, Roeper Review, G/C/T, Contemporary Educational Psychology, Review of Educational Research, and the Journal of Experimental Education.

Ann C. Candler-Lotven is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Texas A&M University-Texarkana. She has 30 years of experience in the education of students with exceptionalities. During those years, she also worked with the parents and teachers of exceptional students. Her research interests include exceptional learners, learning and student strategies, and gifted students. She has authored numerous articles, books, and book chapters in the field of special education. She has published in Academic Therapy, Child Lan­guage Teaching and Therapy, Gifted Child Quarterly and the Journal for the Education of the Gifted.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: Making Decisions About Competitive Programs for Gifted Students
How to Use This Book
Characteristics of Good Competitions
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Selecting, Preparing for, and Participating in Competitions
Selected Characteristics and Needs of Gifted and Talented Students
How They Influence Contest Participation
Effects of Competition: Good News
Effects of Competition: Bad News
How to Anticipate and Avoid Problems in the Use of Competitions
How to Maximize Benefits From Competitions
References
2. Competition Descriptions
AAA High School Travel Challenge
AATSP Elementary/Middle School Poster Contest
Academic Decathlon
Academic Games Leagues of America National Tournament
Academic Triathlon
Achievement Awards in Writing
All-USA High School Academic Team Competition
Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Amateur Poetry Contest
American Computer Science League
American Enterprise Speech Contest
American History Essay Contest
American Invitational Mathematics Exam
American Mathematics Competitions
American Mathematics Contest 8
American Regions Mathematics League
American Scholastics Mathematics Competition
American Society of Newspaper Editors, Quill and Scroll International Writing, Photo Contest
American Veterans (AMVETS) Americanism Program
Ann Arlys Bowler Poetry Contest
Arts Recognition and Talent Search
Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) Student Publishing Awards
Ayn Rand Essay Contest
Baker’s Plays High School Playwriting Contest
BEST Robotics Competition
Biz Plan Competition
Botball Robotics
Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge
Cane Writing Contest
Chemistry Olympiad
Christopher Columbus Awards
Civic Education Project – Civic Week
Clarke-Bradbury Science Fiction Competition
Classical Association of New England
Community Innovation
Concord Review Emerson Prize
Continental Mathematics League
Creative Writing Essay Contest
Cricket League Contest
Destination Imagination
Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
Doors to Diplomacy
Du Pont Challenge Science Essay Awards Program
Duracell/NSTA Scholarship Competition
e Cybermission
Edventures Robotics Contest
Engineer Girl Essay Contest
(Toshiba NSTA)/Explora Vision Awards Program
Federal Reserve Bank FED CHALLENGE
Federal Reserve Bank Student Essay Contest
Fire Fighting Robot Contest
First Middle-Grade Novel Contest
FIRST Robotics Competition
First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics
First Young Adult Novel
Foundations for Life National Essay Program & Contest
Frazier Institute Student Essay Contest
Freedom Foundation National Awards Program
Future City Competition
Future Problem Solving Program
George S. & Stella M. Knight Essay Contest
Harry Singer Foundation Essay Contests
Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament
High School Communications Competition
“Idea of America” Essay Contest
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Intel Science Talent Search
International Brain Bee
International Mathematics Olympiad
International Student Media Festival
Invent America!
Invitational Mathematics Examination
Jane Austen Society of North America’s Essay Contest
Japan Bowl
JFK Profiles in courage Essay Contest
Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Oration Contest
Junior Engineering Technical Society, Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science
Junior Science and Humanities Symposia
Kids Are Authors
Kids Can Write Contest
Kids Philosophy Slam
Kids Bookshelf Contests
Knowledge Master Open (KMO)
Laws of Life Essay Contest
League of American Poets Free Poetry Contest
Let’s Get Real
Letters about Literature Competition
Mandelbrot Competition
Manningham Student Poetry Awards
MATHCOUNTS
Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary Schools
Math Leagues
Medusa Mythology Exam
Merlyn's Pen Literary Magazine Contest and Critique
Modern Woodmen of America School Speech
NAACP ACT-SO
NASA Space Settlement Contest
National Achievement® Scholarship Program
National African American History Academic Challenge Bowl
National American Indian Science and Engineering Fair
National Beta Club Convention
National Biblical Greek Exam
National Canon Envirothon
National Catholic Forensic League Grand National Speech and Debate Tournament
National Council on Economic Education and Goldman Sachs Foundation Economics Challenge
National Consumers League: Life Smarts
National Engineering Design Challenge (JWOD/JETS)
National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest
National Forensic League, National Tournament
National French Contest, Le Grand Concours
National Geography Bee
National German Test
National Greek Exam
National High School Oratorical Contest
National High School Student Solar Design Contest
National History Day
National Latin Exam
National Mythology Exam
National Peace Essay Contest
National Portuguese Exam
National Schools Project Poetry Contest
National Science Bowl®
National Science Decathlon
National Science Olympiad
National Spanish Exam
National Vocabulary Championship
National Women’s Hall of Fame Essay and New Media Contest
National Young Astronomer Award
Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition
Odyssey of the Mind
Ohio State University Press The Journal Award in Poetry
Olympiad of Spoken Russian
Panasonic Academic Challenge
Physics Bowl
President’s Environmental Youth Awards
Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines
Promising Young Writers
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
Quill and Scroll Society, International Writing, Photo Contest
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Science Olympiad
Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee
Sea World/Busch Gardens/Fujifilm Environmental Excellence Awards
Shanghai American School's NAQT Asian Championship
Siemens Foundation Competition in Math, Science, and Technology
Society of Professional Journalists High School Essay Contest
Student Science Fiction and Fantasy Contest
Thespian Playworks
Think Quest
National Society of Black Engineers TRY-MATH-A-LON Competition
U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad
USA Biology Olympiad (USABO)
USA Computing Olympiad
USA Mathematical Olympiad
USA Mathematical Talent Search
UNA-USA National High School Essay Contest
Vegetarian Resource Group Essay
Veteran’s of Foreign Wars of the United States’ Patriot’s Pen
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Voice of Democracy Program
VSA arts Playwright Discovery Program
Weekly Mathematics Contest
Weekly Reader’s “What’s Your Story” Student Publishing Awards
West Point Bridge Design Contest
Word Masters Challenge
Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Contest
Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Program
Young Naturalist Awards
Young Playwrights Festival
Web Sites for Finding Other Competitions
Index of Competitions by Title
Index of Competitions by Subject Area and Level

Editorial Reviews

"The book makes an excellent case for competitions as a means to meet the educational needs of gifted students at a time when funding has significantly decreased. "

Joan Smutny

"A key resource perfect for anyone who would understand academic competitions for Grades K-12. "

The Bookwatch

"The chapters are cohesive and well integrated. "

Kay L. Gibson

"The authors are knowledgeable and respected experts in the field of gifted education. There is no other book that I am aware of that provides this valuable information to teachers, parents, and coordinators of gifted programs. "

Barbara Polnick