Distance learning for gifted students: Outcomes for elementary, middle, and high school aged students

Journal for the Education of the Gifted

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-320

  Wallace, Patricia ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68149173314     PISSN: 01623532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4219/jeg-2009-855     Document Type: Article

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