Table Of ContentDUCATIONAL
“PROGRAMS
AND
NTELLECTUAL
RODIGIES
Edited by Julian C. Stanley, William C. George, and Cecilia H. Solano
Supplementto
The Gifted and the Creative: A Fifty-Year Perspective,
which was published in Decemberof 1977 by
The Johns Hopkins University Press,
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
(pp. xiv & 284, $4.95 paperbound and $17.50 hardcover).
Copyright 1978 by The Johns Hopkins University
All rightsreserved. No part ofthisbook maybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic
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The Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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Tothose personswhogreatlyfacilitatetheeducationofintellectuallytalentedstudents—with,ofcourse,special
thanks to Lewis Madison Terman (1877-1956), whose pioneering longitudinal study from 1921 to the present
providesjustification for such efforts.
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1. INTRODUCTION
1. Background Remarks 0.0.0.0 0.0 c cece eee ee een e eet nee n ees 3
WILLIAM C. GEORGE
Il. PROGRAMSFOR FACILITATING INTELLECTUAL TALENT
2. A Statewide Program in the Discovery and Guidance of
Gifted Students 0.0... ccc eee eee een nent ee teen eens see e eect eee e eee 7
MARSHALL P. SANBORN
3. Educating Gifted Children in California ....... 2.06 seen cee ene eens Is
ELIZABETH I. KEARNEYand JANE S. BROCKIE
4. Providing Individual Enrichment with an Independent
Project Format 2.2.0.0... 6c c ccc ee eee ene ete te nen e eee n teeta tees Le eeee 29
LARRYFINCH and CECILIA H. SOLANO
5. The Governor's School of North Carolina: A Summer Program
for Gifted and or Talented High School Students ..........--- 22s ee cere eee ee eee eens 34
JAMES L. BRAY
6. The Saturday Workshop of the Gifted Child Societyof
New Jersey occ ccc nen ene nen en eee n nent erst net erent eee e tenes 38
ALBERTJ. PRA SISTO
Ill. THE HIGHLY PRECOCIOUS: HOW WELL DID THEY SUCCEED?
7. Introductory Comments 0.0.0... 2 cece eee eee eee etter eet eee e tenet e teen es 4K
JULIAN C. STANLEY
8. Chatterson and Galois: Geniuses of Precocity Who Died Young .....-.--- 2. eee eee eee eee eee 49
KATHLEEN MONTOUR
9. Success vs. Tragedy: Wiener and Sidis.. 22.6.6 02.6. e eee eee etre reenter tener renee 52
KATHLEEN MONTOUR
10. Phillipa Duke Schuyler... 2.0.06 00 0.02 ce eee eee eee tree nett e tenn e eee c ence eres s eters: 54
KATHLEEN MONTOUR
11. Two Men Whoas Boys Were Celebrated Quiz-Program Contestants 00... 0... cee cece eee eee 55
KATHLEEN MONTOUR
12. Merrill Kenneth Wolf: A Bachelors Degree at 140.0... 200 t tenes 57
KATHLEEN MONTOUR
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13. Charles Louis Fefferman: Youngest American Full
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14. A Few Other References from SMPY on Prodigies 0... ee cece cece eee. 61
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VI
CONTRIBUTORS
JAMES L. BRAYis the resident director of the Governor’s School of North Carolina, located in Winston-Salem,
North Carolina.
JANES. BROCKIEwasa curriculumspecialistfortheGiftedProgramofthePasadena(California) UnifiedSchool System.
She hassince retired. .
LARRY FINCH was a science teacher in the Brevard County (Florida) Public School Systein.
WILLIAM C. GEORGEis the associate director ofthe Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) atTheJohns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
ELIZABETHI. KEARNEYis the chiefcurriculum specialist for the Gifted Program ofthe Pasadena (California) Unified
School System.
KATHLEENMARIEMONTOURisaMohawkIndianfromCanadawhoreceivedherB.A.degreeinpsychologywithhonors
from The Johns Hopkins University in May of 1976, two years younger than the typical graduate.
ALBERTJ. PRA SISTO was the curriculum coordinator and teacher supervisor of the Saturday Workshop,
Ridgewood, New Jersey.
MARSHALL P. SANBORNis a professor ofguidance and counseling at the University of Wisconsin (Madison).
CECILIA H. SOLANOisan assistant professorofpsychologyat Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NorthCarolina.
Formerly, she was assistant director ofSMPY and editor ofits Intellectually Talented Youth Bulletin /7Y8).
JULIANC. STANLEYisthedirectoroftheStudyofMathematicallyPrecociousYouth(SMPY)andaprofessorofpsychol-
ogy at The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND REMARKS
William C. George
On 6-7 November 1975 a symposium on intellectual talent recognizing the contributions of Lewis Madison
Terman (1877-1956) was held at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The organizer of the
symposium, Professor Julian C. Stanley, felt that the time was appropriate to revive interest in the gifted child
movement. In 1975 events on the nationallevel and local awareness regarding the academically talented seemed
favorable for that. In addition, 1975wastheyearofthefiftiethanniversaryofTerman’sfirstpublishedvolumein
his GeneticStudiesofGeniusseries. Aproceedingsvolumebasedonthesymposiumwouldappear100yearsafter
Terman’sbirth. Thereseemedtobenobetterwaytobringtheplightofthis“disadvantaged”group(giftedchildren)
to the public’s eye than by holding a symposium honoringthe “father ofthe gifted-child movement.”
The symposium attracted approximately400educatorsinterested inidentifyinggifted childrenand developing
programssuitedtotheirspecificneeds. Personsfromalloverthenationcametohearspeechesaboutthehistorical
backgroundofthe gifted-child movement (John C. Gowan),areportofthelong-termfollow-up ofthewomenin
Terman’s longitudinalstudyofgiftedchildren(PaulineS. SearsandAnnH.Barbee),theStudyofMathematically
Precocious Youth (Julian C. Stanley), sex differences and intellectual precocity(Lynn H. Fox), creativityandits
relationships to intellectual talent (William B. Michael), and various innovative programs for gifted and/or
talented students that were in existence throughout the United States (James L. Bray, Elizabeth I. Kearney and
Jane S. Brockie, MarshallP. Sanborn,andAlbertJ. PraSisto). Inaddition,parents,students,andeducatorscame
to discuss with a panel of sixteen mathematically talented youths the latter’s views on educational acceleration.
Thissymposiumresultedinabookcalled Thegiftedandthecreative:Afifty-yearperspective,editedbyJulianC.
Stanley, WilliamC. George, andCecilia H. Solano. Itwaspublishedin thelatefallof1977byTheJohnsHopkins
University Press, Baltimore, Maryland 21218. Theauthorsincluded fromtheTerman Symposiuminthatvolume
are Gowan,Sears and Barbee, Stanley, Fox, Michael, andJ. W. Getzels,whochaired thesymposium. Twoaddi-
tional commissioned papers on creativity, not presented at the symposium, came from E. Paul Torrance and
George S. Welsh. Phyllis B. Ohanian updated thelast fifty years ofhermusicallyand artisticallytalented family,
some of whom had been written up in volume 3 of Genetic Studies ofGenius (1930).
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those papers not included were timely and important and would supplement the book well. The enclosed group
make up a Supplement to The giftedand the creative: ASifty-vearperspective.
The supplement contains two main parts and should be read in conjunction with Thegiftedandcreative. The
first consists ofa group ofpapers explainingfive uniqueand innovative programsinvolved with improvingthe
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sectionisacollectionofshortarticlesonprodigies. Theirauthor(Montour)discussestheimportantconceptoflife
success as it relates to the stereotypic attitudes ofthe general public.
In addition, two papers related to the symposium are not included in the volumeorits supplement. Both are
scheduled to appear in future issues ofthe Gifted Child Quarterly. The two references are as follows:
Albert, Robert S. 1978. Observations and suggestions regardingthegifted, theirfamilies,andthe
achievement ofeminence. Gifted Child Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 1, Spring.
Stark, Eugene W., and Stanley, Julian C. 1978. Bright youths dispel persistent myths about
intellectual talent: Panel discussion with parentsand educators. GiftedChildQuarterly, Vol. 22,
No. 2, Summer.
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REFERENCE
Burks, B. S.,Jensen, D. W.,andTerman,L. M. 1930.Thepromiseofyouth: Follow-upstudiesofathousandgifted
children. Genetic studies ofgenius, Vol. Il. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.
PROGRAMSFOR FACILITATING
INTELLECTUAL TALENT
