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Accelerative Strategies: How Effective are they for the Gifted?

The Johns Hopkins University

Camilla Persson Benbow

Iowa State University

Accelerative strategies offer gifted students the opportunity to participate in educational programs suited to their particular needs and interests. Yet, fear of possible negative effects of acceleration prevents many educators from advocating these options. The Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) has evaluated the long-term effects of a variety of accelerative options for a group of highly gifted students. Academic achievements, extracurricular activities, goals and aspirations, and social and emotional adjustment were considered, and no discernible negative effects of various accelerative strategies were found.

Gifted Child Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 3, 105-110 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/001698628703100302


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