Identification of gifted students with learning disabilities in a Response-to-Intervention era

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-109

  Crepeau Hobson, Franci ^a   Bianco, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 78650983309     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20528     Document Type: Article

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