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Diverse populations and disadvantaged gifted

Determinants of underachievement as perceived by gifted, above‐average, and average black studentsFootnote1

Donna Y. Ford Assistant professor and minority research scholar in the College of Human Environmental Sciences, Department of Family Studies, University of Kentucky,
Pages 130-136 | Published online: 20 Jan 2010

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