Abstract:
Gifted girls comprise an elusive population with high ability cognitive characteristics and complex affective needs that left unaddressed may reduce their academic achievement in school, jeopardize their creative contributions to the world around them and significantly impair their personal journey toward self-awareness and actualization.
Description:
Phelps, C. (2009). Girls: Gifted. In B. Kerr (ed.), Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent (pp. 393-397). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Reference Publications.