“Programs for Mathematically Gifted Students: A Review of Empirical Research”, 1993 (; backlinks):
This paper summarizes and critiques the empirical research of the 1970s and 1980s on programs for mathematically gifted students.
Much research has shown that accelerating the mathematics curriculum provides a very good program for precocious students. Organizational plans that place mathematically gifted students together for mathematics instruction also offer opportunities for these students to perform well.
Although technology-based instruction also appears to provide an efficacious way of providing instruction for mathematically gifted elementary students, this method should be examined further with older students and in long-term studies.
Research with enriched curricula and non-computer-based instruction provided inconclusive evidence of efficacy for mathematically gifted students.