Motivational goal orientations of intellectually gifted achieving and underachieving students in the United Arab Emirates

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-120

  Albaili, Mohamed A ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

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EID: 0037226947     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2003.31.2.107     Document Type: Review

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