This comprehensive volume explores the origins, development, and applications for Francoys Gagne's Differentiating Model of Giftedness and Talent (DMGT). In an authoritative yet accessible style, Professor Gagne offers a holistic coverage of the DMGT, including its implications for the field, and its main divergent points with competing theories of talent development. Chapters guide readers through each of the five DMGT components, addressing the diversity of gifts, the contributions of Nature and Nurture, the most important personal qualities, the overemphasized power of outside agents, the key role of chance, and more. Filled with illustrative examples and vignettes from the author's estimable career, this book is the authoritative resource for researchers and students looking to understand the DMGT and its unique role in shaping gifted education as we know it today.

This comprehensive volume explores the origins, development, and applications for Francoys Gagne's Differentiating Model of Giftedness and Talent (DMGT). In an authoritative yet accessible style, Professor Gagne offers a holistic coverage of the DMGT, including its implications for the field, and its main divergent points with competing theories of talent development. Chapters guide readers through each of the five DMGT components, addressing the diversity of gifts, the contributions of Nature and Nurture, the most important personal qualities, the overemphasized power of outside agents, the key role of chance, and more. Filled with illustrative examples and vignettes from the author's estimable career, this book is the authoritative resource for researchers and students looking to understand the DMGT and its unique role in shaping gifted education as we know it today.

"Biochemical Ecotoxicology: Principles and Methods" presents practical approaches to biochemical ecotoxicology experiments for environmental protection and conservation.

With its methodical, stepped approach this essential reference introduces readers to current techniques for toxicity endpoint testing, suitable for laboratories of any size and budget. Each chapter presents a state-of-the-art principle, a quick and inexpensive procedure (including appropriate reagents), case studies, and demonstrations on how to analyze your results.

Generic techniques are covered, suitable for a variety of organisms, as well as high-throughput techniques like quantitative polymerase chain reactions and enzyme-linked immunoassays. Cutting-edge approaches, including microarrays and omics techniques, are also included, making this is an essential reference for anyone who needs to assess environmental toxicity.
Practical, cost-effective approaches to assess environmental toxicity endpoints for all types of organismPresents theory, methods, case studies and information on how to analyze resultsState-of-the-art techniques, such as omics approaches to toxicology and microarrays "