Accelerating gifted students in Canada: Policies and possibilities

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 229-271

  Lannie S Kanevsky, ^a   Clelland, Debbie ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ADLER SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Advanced placement; Compacting; Dual enrollment; Early entrance; Gifted; Grade skipping; International baccalaureate; Pacing; Policy; Telescoping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938055386     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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