DUCATIONAL “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 or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, xerography, or any informationstorageandretrievalsystem, without permission in writing from the publisher. Manufactured in the United States of America. The Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 ii 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. Mi ee -.aeyniand UFE eosee ‘ iv CoOntribUtOTs 2... cece en eee ete ene Ene e ener eee e nett ences vl 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 1 13. Charles Louis Fefferman: Youngest American Full KPrAOLTeHssLOnE?E«NooMoOeNeTeOeUeeRt eet eee eee e cent dete e eect bret bbe b bebe cere 59 14. A Few Other References from SMPY on Prodigies 0... ee cece cece eee. 61 Name Index oo... eee eee eee cece cere brett bb ebi ebro 62 4 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). senStienrsc’eptahpeertsopiincsThceovgeirfetdedianntdhtehoercirgeiantailvesyvomlpuomsei.uTmheweedrietosorsdi(vSetrasnel,eyi,t wGaeosrngoet,aponsdsiSbolleantoo)fienclltu,dehaowlelvetrhe,tphraet- 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 eKdeuacranetyi)o,n coufrrtehnetgiofrtepda.stThperiorgaruatmhodrirsecatroerste(aBcrhaeyrsan(dFiSnacnhboarnnd),PraandSisstooc),iaclurprsiyccuhloulmogsipsetci(aSloilsatsno()B.roTchkeieotahnedr 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. a 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