Motivational Orientations and Metacognitive Abilities of Intellectually Gifted Students

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 184-193

  Chan, Lorna K S ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 0000169307     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001698629604000403     Document Type: Article

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