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I have already said enough to provoke
much discussion. Suffice it to say that
this kind of planning is far more than a
pleasant diversion for a wet Sunday af-
ternoon. It requires several years of a
state's best efforts. Our scientifically
promising young people deserve noth-
ing less.
1. Harold W. Stevenson, Shin-Ying Lee, and
James W. Stigler, "Mathematics Achievement of
Chinese, Japanese, and American Children,"
Science, vol. 231, 1986, pp. 693-99.
2. Harriet Zuckerman, Scientific Elite: Nobel
Laureates in the United States (New York: Free
Press, 1977).
3. Camilla P. Benbow and Julian C. Stanley.
eds., Academic Precocity: Aspects of Its Develop-
ment (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press,
1983); and Julian C. Stanley and Camilla P. Ben-
bow, "Youths Who Reason Exceptionally Well
Mathematically," in Robert J. Sternberg and Janet
E. Davidson, eds., Conceptions of Giftedness
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986),
pp. 361-87.
4. For example, in 1986 California had 1,351
National Merit semifinalists, New York 1,150,
Illinois 752, North Carolina 390, Indiana 384, and
Louisiana 270. "Semifinalists are designated on a
state representational basis. Because each state's
allocation is prorated according to its percentage
of the nation's high school senior class, the scores
required for semifinalist standing vary from state
to state. In addition, a state's qualifying score may
differ from one year to the next because of varia-
tions in the number of its students who participate
and the level of their test performance." See Na-
tional Merit Scholarship Corporation, Semi-
finalists in the Thirty-Second Annual [19877 Merit
Scholarship Competition (Evanston, ll.: NMSC,
1986).
5. Their addresses are as follows: Stephanie A.
Marshall, Illinois Mathematics and Science
Academy, 1500 W. Sullivan Rd., Aurora, IL
60506-1039, Ph. 312/801-6037; Richard G.
Brown, Louisiana School for Mathematics,
Science, and the Arts, Natchitoches, LA 71457.
Ph. 318/357-0606; and Charles R. Eilber, North
Carolina School of Science and Mathematics,
West Club Blvd. and Broad St., Durham, NC
27705, Ph. 919/683-6656.
6. The 45th Annual Science Talent Search (Wash-
ington, D.C.: Science Service, 1986); and The
46th Annual Science Talent Search (Washitdlton,
D.C.: Science Service, 1987). For more informa-
tion about the Westinghouse program, write to
Science Service, 1719 N St. N.W., Washington,
DC 20036.
7. The Illinois Mathematics and Science Acade-
my began in the fall of 1986 with only 10th-
graders, so it cannot yield contestants for the
Westinghouse Science Talent Search until 1989
8. U.S. addresses for the three Olympiads are as
follows: International Chemistry Olympiad.
American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St. NW.,
Washington, DC 20036, Ph. 202/872-4380; Inter-
national Mathematical Olympiad, Mathematical
Association of America, 1529 18th St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20036, Ph. 202/387-5200; and
International Physics Olymptad, American As-
sociation of Physics Teachers, 5110 Roanoke PI.,Suite 101, College Park, MD 20740. Ph. 301i
345-4200.
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