Defense of a psychometric approach to the definition of academic giftedness: A conservative view from a die-hard liberal

Conceptions of Giftedness: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 280-294

  Robinson, Nancy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511610455.016     Document Type: Chapter

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