Introduction -- Part one: crossing boundaries, integration, and dialogic learning -- Pre-college experiences and characteristics of gifted students / Anne Rinn -- Toward a model of integrative learning: the place of science in an honors curriculum / Judith Ramaley -- Engagement in learning, liberal education, and honors / Bernice Braid -- Dialogue, politics, and pedagogy: lessons from democracy lab / Jim Knauer -- Part two: understanding talented students and teachers -- Motivational issues in the education of academically talented college students / Larry Clark -- Six habits of highly inspiring honours teachers / Marca V.C. Wolfensberger -- The teaching and learning fishbowl / John Zubizarreta -- Part three: pedagogy: practices and issues -- The learning portfolio for improvement and assessment of significant student learning / John Zubizarreta -- Promoting critical thinking through sequenced activities / Barbara Millis -- The importance of class size in teaching and learning for higher-level achievement / John Zubizarreta -- Exemplary curricula for significant learning -- Using sun-science to explore connections between science and the humanities / Martin Brock -- The science behind the moon hoax / Ron Wilhelm -- Teaching disease: utilizing interdisciplinary skills and experiential learning in an honors class / Tami Carmichael -- Honors curriculum development in a real world / Charlie Slavin and Chris Mares.