Measuring gifted adolescents' implicit theories of creativity

Roeper Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 131-139

  Saunders Wickes, Katherine N ^a   Ward, Thomas B ^b  

^a Blinn College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 85007879121     PISSN: 02783193     EISSN: 1940865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02783190609554352     Document Type: Article

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