Contributions of data mining for psycho-educational research: What self-organizing maps tell us about the well-being of gifted learners

High Ability Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-100

  Thuneberg, Helena ^a   Hotulainen, Risto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gifted; Psychological well being; Self organizing maps

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750106387     PISSN: 13598139     EISSN: 1469834X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13598130600947150     Document Type: Article

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