The impact of an undergraduate honors program on gifted university students

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-151

  Hébert, Thomas P ^a   McBee, Matthew T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gifted university students; Honors program community; Social and emotional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448950013     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986207299471     Document Type: Article

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