Self-reported perceptions of the impact of acceleration through an early college entrance program at the University of Iowa National Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering (NAASE), revealed the program's contribution to students' overall development. Responses from a sample of 76-gifted participants to a 64-item survey offered insights about…

Responses of high IQ students and moderate IQ students to a set of questions about friendships were compared. Ss preferred friends of their own sex. More high IQ Ss reported their friends to be older than themselves, that they did not have enough friends, and that being smart made it harder to make friends. (CL)

Responses from interviews with over 400 gifted students (7-18 years old) were grouped into areas of students' perceived difficulties, which included lack of explanations about giftedness, unchallenging school work, overly high expectations, teasing by other children, lack of understanding by peers, lack of acceptance, and feelings of helplessness…

This study compared the social status of highly gifted (N=42) and moderately gifted (N=86) secondary students across academic and social settings. Giftedness was not significantly related to social status in either setting. Two social statuses, popular and rejected, were significantly stable across settings and were related to peer nominations for…