Academic Survivability in High-Potential, Middle School Students

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-14

  Plucker, Jonathan A ^a   McIntire, Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Council for Exceptional Children ^*

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EID: 0002820513     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001698629604000102     Document Type: Article

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