Mentoring the gifted: A conceptual analysis

High Ability Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-46

  Grassinger, Robert ^a   Porath, Marion ^b   Ziegler, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actiotope; Excellence; Giftedness; Mentoring; Sociotope

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953887613     PISSN: 13598139     EISSN: 1469834X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13598139.2010.488087     Document Type: Article

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