Full-Time Ability Grouping of Gifted Students: Impacts on Social Self-Concept and School-Related Attitudes

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-68

  Vogl, Katharina ^a   Preckel, Franzis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

ability grouping; age developmental stage; longitudinal study; school related attitudes; secondary; social and or emotional development and adjustment; social self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890466310     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: 19349041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986213513795     Document Type: Article

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