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Peer reviewedRobinson, Ann – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1990
This study examined degrees of acceptance of the "gifted" label between 155 adolescents who reported either extreme comfort (N=71) or extreme discomfort (N=84) with the label. Few students reported the use of conferences in school-initiated labeling. Adolescents whose parents had initiated labeling were most likely to report comfort with the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Gifted, High Schools, Labeling (of Persons)
