A national picture of talent search and talent search educational programs

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-69

  Lee, Seon Young ^a   Matthews, Michael S ^b   Olszewski Kubilius, Paula ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Talent search; Talent search centers; Talent search educational programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449085693     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986207311152     Document Type: Article

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