A Cross-Cultural Study of Exemplary Teaching: What Do Singapore and the United States Secondary Gifted Class Teachers Say?

Gifted and Talented International

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 38-47

  VanTassel Baska, Joyce ^a   MacFarlane, Bronwyn ^a   Feng, Annie Xuemei ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 50049106560     PISSN: 15332276     EISSN: 24709565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332276.2006.11673474     Document Type: Article

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