Teachers' negative affect toward academically gifted students: An evolutionary psychological study

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-231

  Geake, John G ^a   Gross, Miraca U M ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Gifted students; Negative teacher attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949120559     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986208319704     Document Type: Article

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