Gifted students' perceptions of their class activities: Differences among rural, urban, and suburban student attitudes

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-129

  Gentry, Marcia ^a   Rizza, Mary G ^b   Gable, Robert K ^c  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0007135696     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001698620104500205     Document Type: Article

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