A Sample of Gifted and Talented Educators’ Attitudes About Academic Acceleration

Journal of Advanced Academics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-51

  Siegle, Del ^a   Wilson, Hope E ^b   Little, Catherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

acceleration; gifted; talented; teachers attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904289440     PISSN: 1932202X     EISSN: 21629536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1932202X12472491     Document Type: Article

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