Recapturing at-Risk, Talented High-School Dropouts: A Summary of the Three-Year Lost Prizes Project

Gifted and Talented International

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-78

  McCluskey, Ken W ^a   Baker, Philip A ^b   O’Hagan, Se C ^c   Treffinger, Donald J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b Interlake School Division   (Canada)

^c Agassiz School Division   (Canada)

^d Center for Creative Learning Inc   (United States)

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EID: 27744561857     PISSN: 15332276     EISSN: 24709565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332276.1998.11672889     Document Type: Article

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