Best Practices in Identifying Students for Gifted and Talented Education Programs

Journal of Applied School Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-340

  Worrell, Frank C ^a   Erwin, Jesse O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; gifted; identification; school psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859338675     PISSN: 15377903     EISSN: 15377911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15377903.2011.615817     Document Type: Article

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