Patterns of identification and performance among gifted students identified through performance tasks: A three-year analysis

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 218-231

  VanTassel Baska, Joyce ^a,b   Feng, Annie Xuemei ^a   Evans, Brandy L ^a  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Alternative identification; Gifted; Low income; Minority

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547359236     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986207302717     Document Type: Article

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