Preservice Teacher Attitudes Toward Giftedness

Roeper Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-64

  Troxclair, Debra A ^a  

^a LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gifted; preservice teachers; professional development; survey research; teacher attitudes; teacher training; teachers of the gifted

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872419649     PISSN: 02783193     EISSN: 1940865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02783193.2013.740603     Document Type: Article

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