Acceleration : issues and applications for gifted learners (K-5) -- Acceleration and the K-5 gifted child -- Acceleration in a differentiated classroom -- Acceleration and creativity : closing the gap -- Assessment for accelerated learners -- Appropriate academic-classroom acceleration -- Acceleration of content -- The thinking process -- Product development -- Standards and policy -- Social and emotional aspects of effective acceleration -- Obstacles to acceleration -- Adaptations to personality -- Facilitating acceleration -- Social relationships -- Facilitating acceleration for parents and educators.