Smart Girls in the 21st Century

Smart Girls in the 21st Century : Understanding Talented Girls and Women

Drs. Barbara Kerr and Robyn McKay tackle what it means to live with, work with, and be a modern smart girl. Through their keen insights and academic research of real girls and women, they offer valuable information and advice on giftedness, achievement, self-actualization, and more. They examine bright girls' development, types of intelligence, differences in generations, eminent women, barriers to achievement, education & growing talent, adolescence & college, gifted minority girls & women, twice-exceptionalism, and career guidance.

  • Format: Paperback | 400 pages
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 21mm | 531g
  • Publication date: 01 Nov 2014
  • Publisher: Great Potential Press Inc
  • Publication City/Country: Scottsdale, AZ, United States
  • Language: English
  • Edition Statement: Revised ed.
  • ISBN10: 1935067257
  • ISBN13: 9781935067252
  • Bestsellers rank: 376,819

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