Strength-based RTI: Conceptualizing a multi-tiered system for developing gifted potential

Theory into Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 323-330

  Bianco, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 77957947399     PISSN: 00405841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405841.2010.510763     Document Type: Article

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