ON BEING A GIFTED ADOLESCENT: DEVELOPMENTAL, AFFECTIVE, AND SOCIAL ISSUES

Creativity in Mathematics and the Education of Gifted Students

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 195-220

  Shani Zinovich, Inbal ^a   Zeidner, Moshe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1163/9789087909352_014     Document Type: Chapter

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