"Motivation is first - Then they can do anything": Portrait of an Indian school for the gifted and talented

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 181-192

  Piirto, Jane ^a  

^a ASHLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040076034     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001698620204600303     Document Type: Article

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