The constraints of poverty on high achievement

Journal for the Education of the Gifted

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-321

  Burney, Virginia H ^a   Beilke, Jayne R ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 50049126397     PISSN: 01623532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4219/jeg-2008-771     Document Type: Review

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