Identifying gifted and talented students: Recurring issues and promising solutions

Journal of Applied School Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-50

  Pfeiffer, Steven I ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gifted; High ability; Identification; Talented

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644366502     PISSN: 15377903     EISSN: 15377911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J008v19n01_03     Document Type: Article

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