Educational Programs and Intellectual Prodigies

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Thank you to Gwern (gwern.net) for scanning this book. - Contributors I. INTRODUCTION 1. "Background Remarks", William C. George II. PROGRAMS FOR FACILITATING INTELLECTUAL TALENT 2. "A Statewide Program in the Discovery and Guidance of Gifted Students", Marshall P. Sanborn 3. "Educating Gifted Children in California", Elizabeth I. Kearney & Jane S. Brockie 4. "Providing Individual Enrichment with an Independent Project Format", Larry Finch & Cecilia H. Solano 5. "The Governor's School of North Carolina: A Summer Program for Gifted and or Talented High School Students", James L. Bray 6. "The Saturday Workshop of the Gifted Child Society of New Jersey", Albert J. Pra Sisto III. THE HIGHLY PRECOCIOUS: HOW WELL DID THEY SUCCEED? 7. "Introductory Comments", Julian C. Stanley 8. "Chatterson and Galois: Geniuses of Precocity Who Died Young", Kathleen Montour 9. "Success vs. Tragedy: Wiener and Sidis", Kathleen Montour 10. "Phillippa Duke Schuyler", Kathleen Montour 11. "Two Men Who as Boys Were Celebrated Quiz-Program Contestants", Kathleen Montour 12. "Merrill Kenneth Wolf: A Bachelor's Degree at 14", Kathleen Montour 13. "Charles Louis Fefferman: Youngest American Full Professor?", Kathleen Montour 14. "A Few Other References from SMPY on Prodigies" - Name Index