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Gifted Child Quarterly | 1 |
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Harry E. Wing | 1 |
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Rosenberg; Harry E. Wing – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1973
It is maintained that behavior modification techniques of postitve and intermittent reinforcement specified by B. Skinner to prevent extinction may adversely affect the critical internal motivators of gifted students, who may be bored by constant success. (MC)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Gifted, Motivation