Motivational preconditions for girls gifted and highly gifted in physics

High Ability Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-143

  Ziegler, Albert ^a   Heller, Kurt A ^a   Broome, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0000790972     PISSN: 13598139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0937445960070203     Document Type: Article

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