Parents' experiences with their children's grade-based acceleration: Struggles, successes, and subsequent needs

Australasian Journal of Gifted Education

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 6-21

  Dare, Lynn ^a   Smith, Susen ^b   Nowicki, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 85020528097     PISSN: 13239686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21505/ajge.2016.0012     Document Type: Review

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