Establishing Criteria for High Ability versus Selective Admission to Gifted Programs: Implications for Policy and Practice

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 295-314

  Louis, Barbara ^a   Subotnik, Rena F ^b   Breland, Polly Smith ^b   Lewis, Michael ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Giftedness; Identification; Programs; Selective admission

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034411477     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009017922302     Document Type: Article

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