A Love for Learning Motivation and the Gifted Child
by: Carol Strip Whitney, Ph.D., Gretchen Hirsch
Four-Time Award-Winner!
Spark the motivation in your gifted children or students! Keep them eager and excited to learn at home and in the classroom! Gifted children are susceptible to many de-motivating factors, which can lead to depression and academic underachievement. The authors present concepts and techniques to counteract those factors, allowing children’s motivation to skyrocket.
The Four C’s of Motivation:
- Creating Challenge
- Creating Control
- Creating Commitment
- Creating Compassion
The book includes additional resources, books, and websites for parents and teachers, as well as a foreword by Dr. Joanne Rand Whitmore Schwartz, former Dean of the College of Education, Kent State University, and author of the classic book Giftedness, Conflict and Underachievement.
Length: 262 pages
ISBN 10 digit: 0-910707-80-4
ISBN 13 digit: 978-0-910707-80-0