another experiment with gifted children took place in 1936. children with educational problems from the speyer school were used in the study. the population was similar to her first study, yet special attention was paid to the racial mixture of the group. it was modeled after typical new york public school demographics. the school became known as, "leta hollingworth's school for bright children," and received much public attention. the curriculum that was utilized was called the "evolution of common things". hollingworth had devised it. she discovered that the children wanted to explore the world around them. as a result, the curriculum consisted of learning about such things as food, clothing, shelter, transport, tools, time keeping and communication. the children made work units which were made up of learning materials each student had provided. this model of learning proved to be more beneficial to the gifted youth than simply introducing them to advanced subjects that they would later encounter in higher levels of learning.