Inside and outside gifted education programming: Hidden challenges for African American Students

Exceptional Children

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-450

  Henfield, Maliks ^a   Moore III, James L ^b   Wood, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 48949120067     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290807400402     Document Type: Article

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