A study of curriculum effectiveness in social studies

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 272-284

  Little, Catherine A ^a   Feng, Annie Xuemei ^b   VanTassel Baska, Joyce ^b   Rogers, Karen B ^c   Avery, Linda D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Private Consultant ^*

Author keywords

Conceptual thinking; Critical thinking; Curriculum; Gifted; Social studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547218014     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986207302722     Document Type: Article

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