Abstract: This paper is a 4 year educational experimental study for gifted childrenin Beijing No. 8 middle school. 35 gifted children (25 males and 10 females)were identified ind selected. The average age was 10.6, and average IQ138.6. The main results are as follows: 1. The gifted children finished allthe curiculums of middle school within four years (4 years shorter than thenormal class). They (at the average age of 14) passed the unified entranceexamination for university with a total score of 35.9 higher than the normalclass of that school. And every one had enrolled into key universities. 2. Thegifted children had made further development in intelligence through the edu-cational experiment. Five creative thinking and reasoning tests were carriedout before graduation. The results of all the tests showed that the gifted chil-dren notably exceeded the same aged normal children, and 4 out of the 5tests exceeded the same grade normal children who were 3-5 years older. 3.They were in good health during the course of the educational experiment.Therefore this study proved that the researchers' idea concerning identificationand education was correct and effective.

Key words: gifted children, educational experiment, developmental potential, cognitive ability, personality trait