Transcript Studies of Exceptional Talent: The Next Generation

The Study of
Exceptional Talent
Carol Blackburn
JHU Center for Talented Youth
www.cty.jhu.edu/set/
SET / SMPY
The Study of Exceptional Talent
(SET) is a continuation of the Study
of Mathematically Precocious Youth
(SMPY), begun in the 1970s by
JHU Professor Julian Stanley.
Dr. Stanley pioneered the use of
above-grade-level tests to assess
the abilities of students who hit the
ceiling on in-grade tests.
CTY and other Talent Searches are
outgrowths of his work, giving the
SAT to 7th and 8th graders.
Imagine: www.cty.jhu.edu/imagine
Study of Exceptional
Talent (SET) Qualifiers
Individuals who score ≥ 700 on
SAT-M or SAT-V before age 13
 Since 1981, through CTY:
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3,885 qualified on Math score
1,315 qualified on Verbal score
423 qualified on both M and V
Males
Female
Ratio
3,069
816
3.8
Verbal
648
667
1.0
Both
293
130
2.2
Math
M:F Ratio among
SET Math Qualifiers
14
12
M:F Ratio
10
8
6
4
2
0
1982 1985 1990 1995 2000 2004
SET Qualifiers have
Well Educated Fathers
60
50
Percent
40
<College
College
Masters
Doctoral
30
20
10
0
Males
Females
Most Asian SET Qualifiers
are First Generation
Where Father was Educated
100
90
80
China
Hong Kong
Taiwan
India
UK or Aust
USSR
USA
Percent
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Asian
Cauc
Average # of SET Qualifiers per Year
in CTY's Talent Search
Increasing Number of
Math Qualifiers per Year
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
1985
1990
Math
1995
Verbal
2000
2004
Both
More Math Qualifiers per
Year, not More Testers
400
350
250
200
150
100
50
0
19
85
19
87
19
89
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91
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93
19
95
19
97
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99
20
01
20
03
# per Year
300
Math Qualifiers
CTY Talent Search
# of Math Qualifiers per
Year by Ethnicity
250
150
100
50
0
19
85
19
87
19
89
19
91
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93
19
95
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97
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99
20
01
20
03
# per Year
200
Asian
Caucasian
Total CTY
Change in Ethnic
Composition of
SET Math Qualifiers
Percent of SET Math Qualifiers
100
80
60
40
20
0
1985
1990
Asian
1995
2000
Caucasian
2004
New Web Site Project
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Grant for a new Web site and
online community for “the world’s
most profoundly gifted scientists
and mathematicians under age 18.”
In development now.
No URL yet, but please check
http://cty.jhu.edu/set/tws.html
for updates
Will strive to complement what
www.artofproblemsolving.com is
doing for math students, for a
broader math/science community
Your help will be very welcome!