Comparing and contrasting: Stories of competition

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-62

  Rizza, Mary G ^a   Reis, Sally M ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0007109788     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001698620104500108     Document Type: Article

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