Gifted girls: Gender bias in gifted referrals

Roeper Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 170-181

  Bianco, Margarita ^a   Harris, Bryn ^a   Garrison Wade, Dorothy ^a   Leech, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender bias; Gifted; Girls; Teacher referral

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959507973     PISSN: 02783193     EISSN: 1940865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02783193.2011.580500     Document Type: Article

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