Teachers’ Perceptions of the Socioemotional Development of Intellectually Gifted Primary Aged Students and Their Attitudes Towards Ability Grouping and Acceleration

Gifted and Talented International

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 11-24

  Gallagher, Selena ^a   Smith, Susen R ^a   Merrotsy, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

ability grouping; acceleration; Gifted students; teacher attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903519285     PISSN: 15332276     EISSN: 24709565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332276.2011.11673585     Document Type: Article

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