Sixty children in grades 3 to 8 served as subjects in a study of self-concept changes after participation in a creative enrichment, pullout program for the gifted. Results showed positive gains on two self-concept scales for children in grades 3 to 6 and positive gains on one of two self-concept scales for grades 7 and 8.
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