Role of motivation in the moral and religious judgment of mathematically gifted adolescents

High Ability Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-116

  Nokelainen, Petri ^a   Tirri, Kirsi ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Gifted; Moral judgment; Motivation; Religious judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449286528     PISSN: 13598139     EISSN: 1469834X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13598139.2010.525343     Document Type: Article

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