'I am unmusical!': The verdict of self-judgement

International Journal of Music Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-22

  Ruddock, Eve ^a,b   Leong, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b University of W Australia ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Giftedness; Self view; Talent

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949715434     PISSN: 02557614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0255761405050927     Document Type: Article

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