Facilitating Grade Acceleration: Revisiting the Wisdom of John Feldhusen

Roeper Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-46

  Culross, Rita R ^a   Jolly, Jennifer L ^a   Winkler, Daniel ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acceleration; early entry; educational acceleration; Feldhusen; grade acceleration; grade advancement; grade skipping; guidelines; profoundly gifted; SMPY

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872378897     PISSN: 02783193     EISSN: 1940865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02783193.2013.740601     Document Type: Article

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