This report is based upon a 1957 doctoral dissertation, “The Effects of a Fast-Learner Program on the Social Relationships of Elementary School Children,” School of Education, Stanford University, taken under the direction of Arthur P. Coladarci. A companion study investigating school achievement and interest in science, was conducted there concurrently by Richard H. Hinze: “Achievement Factors Among Fast-Learners in a Partially Segregated Elementary School Program, with Special Reference to Science Instruction.”
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