Evaluation of a summer-school program for highly gifted secondary-school students: The German Pupils Academy

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 214-228

  Neber, Heinz ^a   Heller, Kurt A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gifted education; Program evaluation; Summer school programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036394542     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027//1015-5759.18.3.214     Document Type: Article

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