Follow-up with students after 6 years of participation in project EXCITE

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-156

  Lee, Seon Young ^a   Olszewski Kubilius, Paula ^a   Peternel, George ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement gap; Advanced track; Minority gifted students; Project EXCITE

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649138692     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986208330562     Document Type: Article

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