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For educators intending to integrate engineering design into their curriculum, this book provides a good combination of theory, practical considerations, and beginning suggestions to get them off to an effective and educated start . . . Mindprint Learning, 3/14/17 This book, edited by Debbie Dailey and Alicia Catobish, brings together the talent and expertise of well-known researchers in the fields of both gifted education and engineering in 13 chapters that include information regarding key components of engineering instruction for K-8 high ability learners, designing engineering curriculum based on new Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Standards for Engineering Education, and teacher professional development and student identification considerations for implementing applied engineering in the K-8 classroom., Gifted Child Today, 7/1/17

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The National Association for Gifted Children’s mission is to support those who enhance the growth and development of gifted and talented children through education, advocacy, community building, and research. NAGC aims to help parents and families, K–12 education professionals including support service personnel, and members of the research and higher education community who work to help gifted and talented children as they strive to achieve their personal best and contribute to their communities. Alicia Cotabish, Ed. D., is an Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning at the University of Central Arkansas. Currently, Alicia teaches graduate-level K-12 teacher candidates and secondary science methodology. Alicia directed STEM Starters, a Jacob K. Javits project, and was the former Associate Director of the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. As a public school teacher, Alicia taught middle school and Pre-AP science and was an award-winning gifted and talented teacher and coordinator for 8 years in Texas and Arkansas. Her recent work has focused on STEM, gifted education, and peer coaching.

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