Discover: A promising alternative assessment for the identification of gifted minorities

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 244-251

  Sarouphim, Ketty M ^a  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

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EID: 0009162916     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001698629904300403     Document Type: Article

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