Fast-Paced High School Science for the Academically Talented: A Six-Year Perspective

Abstract

This is a 6-year study of academically talented students, 12 to 16 years old, who completed a 1-year course in high school biology, chemistry, or physics in 3 weeks at a residential summer program. Students demonstrated subject mastery by taking College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) science achievement tests. Their mean scores were higher than those of high school juniors and seniors. Also examined were the relationships between students' achievement in science and mathematical and verbal aptitude test scores, or age. Mathematical ability seemed to be a better predictor of science achievement than verbal ability. Except for biology, there was no significant relationship between achievement and age. Follow-up studies of achievement indicated that students aecelerated in science performed well in subsequent science courses at their regular schools. The study suggests that academically talented students could begin high school sciences earlier than is currently allowed in most American schools.

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