Transforming gifts into talents: The DMGT as a developmental theory

High Ability Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-147

  Gagné, Françoys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 11344251150     PISSN: 13598139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359813042000314682     Document Type: Article

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