Validation of the gifted rating scales-school form in China

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-169

  Li, Huijun ^a   Pfeiffer, Steven I ^b   Petscher, Yaacov ^b   Kumtepe, Alper T ^c   Mo, Guofang ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Yunnan Teachers University   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese children; Gifted rating scales; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449126629     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986208315802     Document Type: Article

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