
EDUCATION TEACHING HONORS/OFFICES PRESENTATIONS PUBLICATIONS PUBLISHED
BOOKS--MOST RECENT DEVELOPING PORTFOLIOS FOR
AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENTS, GRADES PRE-K-3. (2008). Thousand
Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. TEACHING WITHOUT
NONSENSE: TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE, 2nd ed.
(2008). Austin: Professional Associates
Publishing. RECOGNIZING GIFTED
POTENTIAL: PLANNED EXPERIENCES WITH THE KOI. (2007).
Austin, TX: Professional Associates
Publishing. REACHING ALL LEARNERS:
MAKING DIFFERENTIATION WORK. (2007). Austin: Professional
Associates Publishing. ASSESSMENT: TIMESAVING
PROCEDURES FOR BUSY TEACHERS, 4th ed. (2007). Austin:
Professional Associates Publishing. INTEGRATING THINKING:
STRATEGIES THAT WORK!, 2nd ed. (2006). Austin:
Professional Associates Publishing. DIFFERENTIATION:
SIMPLIFIED, REALISTIC, AND EFFECTIVE: How to Challenge
Advance Potentials in Mixed-Ability Classrooms. (2004).
Austin: Professional Associates Publishing. 2005 Legacy
Award. CENTERS IN MINUTES!
(2004). Austin: Professional Associates
Publishing. JUST WHAT I NEED!
LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO USE ON MULTIPLE DAYS IN MULTIPLE
WAYS. (2003) Austin: Professional Associates
Publishing. LITERATURE CELEBRATIONS:
CATALYSTS TO HIGHER-LEVEL BOOK RESPONSES, 2nd ed. (2003).
Austin: Professional Associates Publishing. READING STRATEGIES FOR
ADVANCED PRIMARY READERS. (2002). Austin: Texas Education
Association. Editor. [Book and professional
development guide] WE CARE: A CURRICULUM FOR
PRESCHOOL THROUGH KINDERGARTEN, 2nd ed. (2002).
Goodyear/Scott, Foresman. THE KINGORE OBSERVATION
INVENTORY. 2nd ed. (2001). Austin: Professional
Associates Publishing. "Seeking Advanced
Potentials: Developmentally Appropriate Procedures for
Identification.". (1998). In Smutney, J. THE YOUNG GIFTED
CHILD; POTENTIAL AND PROMISE. Hampton Press. ENGAGING CREATIVE
THINKING. (1998). Austin: Professional Associates
Publishing. ALPHABETTERS TASK CARDS:
THINKING ADVENTURES USING THE ALPHABET. (1997). Austin:
Professional Associates Publishing. [Task cards for
students' independent application] REACHING HIGH POTENTIALS.
(1995). DLM Division,
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. INTERACTIVE
CD-ROMs--IN PRINT DIFFERENTIATION
INTERACTIVE CD-ROM. (2005). Austin: Professional
Associates Publishing. CENTERS IN MINUTES! VOL.
2: LITERACY STATIONS, GRADES K-4. (2005). Austin:
Professional Associates Publishing. CENTERS IN MINUTES! VOL.
1: GRADES K-8. (2004). Austin: Professional Associates
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References
Ph.D.: University
of North Texas, Denton, Texas
M.Ed. and B.A.: Wichita State University, Wichita,
Kansas
Shelton Professor
of Education, Hardin-Simmons University 1980-1998
Director, Early Childhood Education Program at HSU
Director, Threshold Program for Advanced or Gifted Youth,
Ages 5-16
Classroom Teacher - elementary and secondary students
Legacy Award
for Author of the 2005 Educator Book of the Year
Texas Gifted Educator of the Year
Past President, Texas Association for Gifted and
Talented
Chair, Texas Reading Initiative Task Force for the
Education of Primary Gifted Children
Past Chair, Parent and Community Division of the
National Association for Gifted Children
Past Chair, Reading Excellence through the Arts,
International Reading Association
Cullen Professor Award for Research and
Creativity
Outstanding Alumnus Award, University of North
Texas
Cullen Professor Award for Excellence in
Teaching
Keynote at
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC),
November, 2006
Keynote speaker at numerous state conferences.
Speaker at state and national conferences
including the International Reading Conference and the
National Association for Gifted Children Conference.
Presenter at seven world conferences in reading
and gifted education.
Author of 24 books
and numerous articles in professional journals, such as
Teaching for High Potential (NAGC), Reading Teacher,
Language Arts, Tempo (TAGT), Gifted Child Today,
Understanding Our Gifted, Child Care Quarterly,
Connections, and Communicator (California
Association for the Gifted).
RECOGNIZING GIFTED
POTENTIAL: PLANNED EXPERIENCES WITH THE KOI. (2008).
Austin: Professional Associates Publishing.
ASSESSMENT
INTERACTIVE CD-ROM. (2007). Austin: Professional
Associates Publishing.