Comprehensive Programming: A Handbook with Special Focus on Able Learners by June Cox, Judith Kelly, Paul Brinson, Elene Ondo

This handbook for planning, developing and evaluating educational programs is a remarkably useful and informative book which has a great deal to offer even veterans in the field. It was developed and produced with hours of planning and intelligence, so that anyone who works through its 64 pages carefully will gain significant insight and new perspectives. Contains helpful worksheets and forms.

No program should run without facing all the issues raised in this book. Every administrator in gifted education, curriculum development, or curriculum supervision should have and should have mastered.

The contents include:
Part I: Concepts and Definitions
Multiple Kinds of Talent and Ability; Theory of Multiple Intelligences; Flexible Pacing: Mathematics; Steps to Developing a Comprehensive Program; An Implementation Model; The Pyramid Model; Flexible Facing Options; A Student Profile;Comprehensive Programming Basic Components; Individual Student Plan; Evaluation
Part II: Program Assessment
Assessment of Current Programming; Review of Current Philosophy and Goals; Program Analysis Chart; Flexible Pacing Questionnaire; Needs Assessments Survey; Curricular and Student Assessment Survey; Evaluation
Part III: Program Development
Developing a Philosophy; Desired Students Outcomes and Program Implications; Management Plan; Program Analysis Chart; Annual Implementation Plan; Evaluation