One Potential Explanation for the Finding That Gifted Students Who

question 79

Multiple Choice

One potential explanation for the finding that gifted students who are integrated into regular classrooms have more positive academic self-conceptions than those in special classes is:

• A) the standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants effect.
• B) the big-fish-little-pond effect.
• C) the upward-social-comparison effect.
• D) the bird-in-the-hand effect.

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