I had to read a few chapters from this book for a grad class. Of course, in my typical OCD fashion, I had to finish the book as well.
As to the book itself, it gave off haphazard vibes. Davis filled the first few chapters with thick academic verbiage which I actually looked forward to reading. Finally, I had a text that I could sink my teeth into a glean significant nutrition otherwise known as techniques and insights which I could apply to my own teaching practice.
Somewhere after chapter six, the tone shifted. I first noticed the shift in a chapter that includes a section on legal issues. After each bulleted example, Davis added editorial comments along the lines of adding an eye-rolling emoji to a text. I could hardly believe what I read.
After this appalling section, the text deviated into discussions of enhancing creative thinking and other such things without strong connected to the nature and needs of gifted students, the purported purpose of this text.
My professor raved about this book. I do not see the same merits. Thankfully, this book belongs to the program; I did not have to purchase it.