Musical aptitude and multiple intelligences among Chinese gifted students in Hong Kong: Do self-perceptions predict abilities?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1604-1615

  Chan, David W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gifted students; Hong Kong; Multiple intelligence; Musical aptitude

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547160207     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.04.029     Document Type: Article

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