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Special Issue on Early College Entrance Programs

Special Class for the Gifted Young: A 34-Year Experimentation With Early College Entrance Programs in China

David Yun DaiCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 9-18 | Accepted 02 Sep 2014, Published online: 06 Jan 2015

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