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Ability grouping

In search of reality: Unraveling the myths about tracking, ability grouping, and the gifted

Ellen D. Fiedler Professor of Gifted Education in the Gifted Master's degree program, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago; Co‐chair of the Global Awareness Division, National Association for Gifted Children
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Richard E. Lange Director of Gifted Education, Staff Development, and Assessment, Prospect Heights Public Schools, Illinois; Adjunct faculty member in the College of Education, National‐Louis University, Evanston, Illinois
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Susan Winebrenner
Pages 108-111 | Published online: 20 Jan 2010

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