Gender-Related Differences in Academically Talented Students' Scores and Use of Time on Tests of Spatial Ability

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 157-171

  Stumpf, Heinrich ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

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EID: 0007030359     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001698629804200304     Document Type: Article

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