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The South Korean government has made enormous efforts to promote various special education programs for only a limited number of selected gifted and talented students; however, there have not been any established national-level education programs that systematically support mathematically promising students. This research was initially motivated by felt the necessity for more extensive educational opportunities for the students who have not been selected as gifted ones but still have some potentials in math. I taught two classes in the A and the B elementary
school eight times with the same education programs. In summary, in order to verify the effectiveness of the education program designed to enhance the students’ abilities in mathematics, I reviewed the pre- and post- program evaluation results of 15 students from each elementary school, in terms of intellectual and emotional aspects. Thus, throughout this research, I seek to verify the effectiveness of the education program, originally designed for a small number of mathematically gifted children, even on those who are not the government-selected gifted ones but have some potentials in mathematics. The research analysis indicates that the education program which has being conducted only to the government-selected gifted children was beneficial to the mathematically promising students in developing their intellectual and emotional attitudes and abilities.