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Joyce VanTassel-Baska
Office
College
of
William
and Mary, Center for
Gifted Education,
PO Box
8795
,
Williamsburg
,
VA
23187-8795
– 757-221-2362
Home
128 Harvest Circle
,
Williamsburg
,
VA
23185
,
757-220-2451
EDUCATION
University
of
Toledo
- Ed.D - 1981; M.A. – 1969; M.E. - 1969; B.E. - 1966
2002-present The College of William and Mary; The
Jody and Layton Smith Professor of Education, School of Education; Executive
Director, Center for Gifted Education.
1991-2002 The
College
of
William
and Mary; The Jody and Layton Smith Professor of Education, School of
Education; Director, Center for Gifted Education.
1987-1991 The
College
of
William
and Mary; The Jody and Layton Smith Professor of Education, and
Associate Professor of Education; Director, Center for Gifted Education.
Developed
a master's program and a doctoral program emphasis in gifted education within
the educational leadership program. Developed a Center
for Gifted Education that engages in research and development, outreach, and
service to precollegiate gifted learners and their families. The Center
annually supports multiple graduate students and seven FTE professionals with a
budget ranging from $700,000 to $2,000,000 annually since 1989.
President’s Award for exceptional work and service on Gifted and Talented International, the
research journal of the World Council on Gifted & Talented Children, 2005.
Outstanding Scholar Award for the text Content-based Curriculum for High Ability Learners, Texas
Association for the Gifted, 2004.
University
of
Toledo
Alumna Foundation, Distinguished Achievement Award, 2003.
International Mensa Research
Award, 2001 and 1995.
South
Carolina Richard Riley Award for contributions to gifted education, 2001.
Fulbright lecturer award,
New Zealand
. (Series of lectures for educators,
parents, and university faculty), 2000.
United
States Department of Education Science Review Panel designation of Promising Science Curriculum
(one of
nine recognized nationally), 2000.
Program award for career conference
unique approach to parent education and evaluation. United States Department of
Education and Labor. School to Work Initiative for
Gifted Students, 1998.
William and Mary Faculty Research
Award, 1998, 1991.
Distinguished
Scholar, National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), 1997.
Gifted
Education Service Award,
Virginia
State
Advisory Council on Gifted
Education, 1997.
Who's Who in
America
, 1996.
Phi Beta Kappa
award,
College
of
William
and Mary, 1995.
Certificate of Merit,
International Council for Exceptional Children, The Association for the Gifted, 1994.
Outstanding Faculty
Award,
College
of
William
and Mary, State Council of Higher Education in
Virginia
, 1993.
Editor, Gifted and Talented International. Research journal of The World
Council on the Gifted and Talented. 1997 - 2005.
Book review
editor, Gifted Child Quarterly. 1997 - present.
Contributing Editor, Roeper Review, 1989-1993; reappointed
for 3 years; 1993 -1997; reappointed 2000-2003; 2002-present.
Editorial Advisory Board, Roeper Review. 1980-1982; 1997-2000.
Editorial Advisory
Board, Research Briefs, Journal for
Secondary Education of Gifted and Talented, 1997.
Editorial
Board, Gifted Child Quarterly,
1995-present.
Offices in
Professional Societies and National/State Board Appointments
President, National
Association for Gifted Children, 2005-2007
National Advisory Board, Talent Identification Project
(TIP),
Duke
University
, 2001 – present
Board of Directors, National Association of Gifted
Children, 2000-2003 (elected term)
NCATE-trained examiner, 2004
Universal Consortium on Learning Links,
Vanderbilt
University
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
, 2001 – present
Review panel for National Center Research Projects,
Office of Education Research and Improvement,
Washington
,
D.C.
, 2000 - present
National Advisory Task Force, Texas State Product
Standards for the Gifted, Texas Department of Education,
Austin
,
TX
, 2000 - present
National Advisory Board,
University
of
North Carolina Javits Project
, Chapel Hill, NC,1999-present
Phi Delta
Kappa: President, Northwestern Chapter,
1986-1987
Council for
Exceptional Children, The Association for Gifted
(TAG): President (TAG), 1980
Served as
principal investigator and director or coordinator of 58 separately funded
grant proposals or contracts totaling over $14 million from federal and
state agencies,
and foundations since 1974. At William
& Mary, total grant dollars are $13,698,257.00, representing 50 projects.
Years
|
Source
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Funding Amt.
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2004-2009
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$3 million (over 5 years)
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2002-2007
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$3 million (over 5 years)
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1995, 1997, 2003, 2005
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$146,888
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2004, 2005
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$160,785
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2003-2005
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$55,783 per year
(2 year grant)
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2003-2006
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$79,000 per yr
|
1989-2007
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$287,500
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2001-2002
|
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$100,000
|
1999-2002
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Atlantic Philanthropies
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$650,000 (over 3 years)
|
1999-2002
|
Arthur Vining
Davis
Foundations Grant
|
$150,000 (over 3 years)
|
1998-2000
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South Carolina
– Department of Education Project Star, Assessment
Project
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$352,671
(over 3 years)
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1998-2001
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United States Department of Education, Javits
Program, Project
Phoenix
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$645,000 (over 3 years)
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1995-1997
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United States Department of Education
(A
National
Technical
Assistance
Center
in Gifted Education: Curriculum Research and Development)
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$388,000
(over 3 years)
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1992-1995
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United States Department of Education
(National Science Curriculum Dissemination Grant)
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$714,000
(3 yr. funding)
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1992-1993
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Noyce Foundation
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$10,000
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1992
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United States Department of Education
(National Language Arts Curriculum Development
Subcontract)
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$115,000
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1989-1990
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United States Department of Education (Co-principal
investigator and co-director of research and
development
grant for low income, minority students)
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$730,611
(3 yr. funding)
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RESEARCH AND
PUBLICATIONS
Authored/edited 18 books and 325 other publications
since 1977.
Selected
Refereed Publications in Periodicals
Authored or co-authored 87 refereed publications in
periodicals since 1979.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (in press). A content analysis of
evaluation findings across 20 gifted programs: A clarion call for enhanced
gifted program development. Gifted Child
Quarterly.
Little, C.,
Rogers
, K., VanTassel-Baska, J., &
Avery, L. (in press). Project
Phoenix
: Curriculum effectiveness in
regular classrooms.
Brown,
E., Avery, L., VanTassel-Baska, J., Worley, B., & Stambaugh, T. (in press).
Ohio policy study results. Roeper Review.
VanTassel-Baska,
J., & Brown, E. (in press). Towards best practice: An analysis of the
efficacy of curriculum models in gifted education. Gifted Child Quarterly.
VanTassel-Baska,
J., & Feng, A. (in press). The use of performance-based assessment in
identifying underrepresented populations of gifted students: A follow-up study
of patterns and perceptions in identification and performance. Gifted Child Quarterly.
VanTassel-Baska, J. & Stambaugh, T. (2005). Challenges and possibilities for serving gifted learners in the
regular classroom. Theory Into Practice, 44 (3), 211-217,
Columbus
,
OH
: The
Ohio
State
University
.
Feng,
A., VanTassel-Baska, J., Quek, C., O’Neill, B., & Bai, W. (2005). A
longitudinal assessment of gifted students’ learning using the integrated
curriculum model: Impacts and perceptions of the William and Mary language arts
and science curriculum. Roeper Review,
27(2), 78-83.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2005). Gifted Programs and
Services: What are the Non-Negotiables? Theory Into Practice, 44(2).
Columbus
,
OH
: The
Ohio
State
University
.
VanTassel-Baska,
J., Feng, A., Quek, C., & Struck, J. (2004). A study of educators’ and
students’ perceptions of academic success for underrepresented populations
identified for gifted programs. Psychology
Science, 46(4), 363-378.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2004). Building
a research agenda: The William and Mary Model. Quest, 15(2),1-6.
VanTassel-Baska, J., & Baska, A.
(2004). Working
with Gifted Students with Special Needs: A Curriculum and Program Challenge. Gifted Education Communicator, 35(2), 4-27.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2004). The
Case for a Systems Approach to Curriculum Differentiation. Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, 24(1), 5-24.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2004).
Expert’s Forum: Program Delivery Models for the Gifted. Duke Gifted
Letter, 5(1), 8-9.
VanTassel-Baska, J., Feng, A., Quek, C., & Struck,
J. (2004). Qualitative
findings on problem-based assessment. Psychology Science, 46 (4), 363-378.
VanTassel-Baska,
J. (2004). Quo Vadis? Laboring in the Classical Vineyards: An Optimal Challenge for
Gifted Secondary Students. Journal
for Secondary Gifted Education, 15(2), 56-60.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2003). Content-based curriculum for low income and
minority gifted learners. (RM03180).
Storrs
,
CT
: The
National
Research
Center
on the Gifted and Talented,
University
of
Connecticut
.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2003). Differentiating curriculum experiences for the gifted and talented:
A parent’s guide to best practice in school and at home. Parenting for High Potential,
Washington
,
DC
: NAGC.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2003). Differentiating the language
arts for high ability learners, K-8. CEC ERIC Digest,
Arlington
,
VA.
VanTassel-Baska,
J., & Feng, A. (2002). Evaluation of the
Idaho
state gifted program: Lessons on the impact of
training. Research Briefs,
Washington
,
DC
: National Association for Gifted Children.
VanTassel-Baska,
J., Zuo, L., Avery, L., & Little, C. (2002). A curriculum study of
gifted-student learning in the language arts. Gifted Child Quarterly, 46
(1), 30-43.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2002). Language arts for the gifted. CEC ERIC Digest, Reston, VA.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2002).
Considerations in evaluating gifted programs. The Communicator, 33 (2), 20-24.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2002). Assessment of gifted students’ learning in the language arts. The Journal for Secondary Gifted Education, 13 (2), 67-72.
VanTassel-Baska,
J., Johnson, D., & Avery, L. D. (2002). Using performance tasks in the identification of
economically disadvantaged and minority gifted learners: Findings from Project
STAR. Gifted Child Quarterly, 46 (2),
110-123.
VanTassel-Baska,
J., Zuo, L., Avery, L. D., & Little, C. A. (2002). A curriculum study of gifted
student learning in the language arts. Gifted Child Quarterly, 46, (1) 30-44.
Avery, L.,
& VanTassel-Baska, J. (2001). Investigating the impact of gifted education evaluation at state
and local levels: Problems with traction. Journal of the Education of the Gifted, 25 (2), 153-176.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2001). The role of advanced placement in talent development. Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 12 (3) 126-132.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2001). Creativity
as an elusive factor in giftedness.
New Zealand
Journal of
Gifted Education, 13 (1), 33-37.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2001). The
talent development process; what we know and what we don’t know. Gifted Education International, 16 (1),
20-28.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2000). The
on-going dilemma of identification practices in gifted education. The Communicator, 31, 39-41.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2000). Science curriculum for the gifted.
New Zealand
Science Journal.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (Fall 2000). Standards of learning and goodness of fit. Tempo,
Texas
Association for the Gifted. August, 8-10.
VanTassel-Baska,
J., Avery, L. D., Hughes, C. E., & Little, C. A. (2000). An evaluation of the implementation of curriculum
innovation: The impact of William and
Mary units on schools. Journal for the
Education of the Gifted, 23, 244-272.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2000).
Curriculum policy development for secondary gifted programs: A prescription for reform coherence. NASSP Bulletin, 14-29.
Authored or co-authored 18 books, including two third
editions since 1981.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2004). The acceleration of gifted students’
programs and curricula.
Waco
,
TX
: Prufrock Press (fastback).
VanTassel-Baska, J. (2003). Curriculum planning and
instructional design for gifted learners.
Denver
: Love.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (1998). Excellence in educating gifted and talented
learners (3rd ed.).
Denver
,
CO
: Love.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (1994). Comprehensive curriculum for gifted learners, (2nd ed.).
Boston
: Allyn & Bacon.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (1992). Planning effective curriculum
for the gifted. Denver, CO: Love.
VanTassel-Baska,
J., Patton, J., & Prillaman, D. (1991). Gifted youth
at risk.
Reston
,
VA
: Council for
Exceptional Children.
Feldhusen,
J., VanTassel-Baska, J., & Seeley, K. (1989). Excellence in
educating the gifted.
Denver
,
CO
: Love.
VanTassel-Baska,
J., Feldhusen, J., Seeley, K., Wheatley, G.,
Silverman, L., & Foster, W. (1988). Comprehensive
curriculum for gifted learners.
Boston
: Allyn and Bacon.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (1981). An administrator's guide to
the education of gifted and talented children.
Washington
,
DC
: National
Association of State Boards of Education.
Edited or co-edited 8 books including one second edition since 1983.
Van-Tassel-Baska,
J. (in preparation). Series
Editor, Critical Issues in Gifted
Education,
Waco
,
TX
: Prufrock.
VanTassel-Baska,
J., & Feng, A. (Eds.). (2004). Designing and utilizing
evaluation for gifted program improvement.
Waco
,
TX
: Prufrock. (Published in 2003).
VanTassel-Baska,
J., & Little, C. (Eds.). (2003). Content-based
curriculum for gifted learners.
Waco
,
TX
: Prufrock. (Published in 2002)
VanTassel-Baska,
J., Johnson, D., & Boyce, L.N. (Eds.). (1996). Developing verbal talent. Boston,
MA: Allyn & Bacon.
VanTassel-Baska,
J. (Ed.). (1990). A practical guide to counseling the gifted in a school setting (2nd ed.).
Reston
,
VA
: Council for
Exceptional Children.
VanTassel-Baska,
J., & Olszewski, P. (Eds.). (1989). Patterns
of influence on gifted learners: The
home, the self, and the school.
New York
: Teachers’
College Press.
VanTassel-Baska, J. (Ed.). (1983). A practical guide to
counseling the gifted in a school setting.
Reston
,
VA
: Council for
Exceptional Children.
Selected
Research Reports from Grant or Contract Work
Authored or co-authored 31 research reports.
VanTassel-Baska, J., Quek, C., & Feng. A. (2005). Technical manual for the Classroom
Observation Scale-Revised (COS-R),
College
of
William
and Mary, Center for Gifted Education, Project Athena:
Williamsburg
,
VA.
VanTassel-Baska, J., Quek, C., & Feng. A. (2005). Project Synergy: A cross-cultural study of teacher behavior in
secondary school gifted classrooms in
Singapore
and the
United
States
, (with A. Feng and C. Quek), a funded proposal to the Ministry of Education,
Singapore
.
Brown, E., Avery, L., and VanTassel-Baska, J. (2003) An analysis of five state policies in gifted education, Ohio Department of Education,
Columbus
,
Ohio
.
VanTassel-Baska, J. and Feng, A. (2003) Advanced
Learning Program Curriculum Study (Volume 1),
Greenwich
,
Conn.
VanTassel-Baska, J. and Feng,
A. (2003) Project STAR Follow-upResearch Study,
South Carolina
Department of Education,
Columbia
,
S.C.
VanTassel-Baska, J., Feng, A., Struck, J.,
Bracken, B., Drummond, D., & Stambaugh, T. (2003). The William and Mary
Classroom Observation Scales-Revised, College of William and Mary, Center
for Gifted Education, Project Athena: Williamsburg, VA.
VanTassel-Baska, J.
(2002). Project
Phoenix
: Final
project report.
Williamsburg
,
VA
: Center for Gifted Education.
VanTassel-Baska,
J., Avery, L. D., Reardon, R. M., Zuo, L. (2000). Project
STAR: Final report and technical manual.
Williamsburg
,
VA.
College
of
William
and Mary, Center for Gifted Education.
Authored or co-authored 38 evaluation reports since
1981.
VanTassel-Baska,
J., Quek, C. and Feng, A.
(2005). Evaluation Report on the
Arkansas
East End
School
District
Gifted Program. Center for Gifted Education:
Williamsburg
,
VA.
VanTassel-Baska,
J., Quek, C. and Feng, A.
(2005). Evaluation Report on the
Arkansas
El Dorado
School
District
Gifted Program. Center for
Gifted Education:
Williamsburg
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