A Proposed Direction Forward for Gifted Education Based on Psychological Science

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 176-188

  Subotnik, Rena F ^a   Olszewski Kubilius, Paula ^b   Worrell, Frank C ^c  

^a AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

age developmental stage; definition and or conception of giftedness talent; social and or emotional development and adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866039797     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: 19349041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986212456079     Document Type: Article

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