The important role of optimism in a motivational investigation of the education of gifted adolescents

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-110

  Hoekman, Katherine ^a   McCormick, John ^a   Barnett, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 17444402822     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001698620504900202     Document Type: Article

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