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Maitra, Krishna; Kumari, Harsh – Gifted Education International, 1996
This study examined the perceptions of 90 gifted students in India about their choices of scientific disciplines to study in depth. Males tended toward engineering; females toward biology. Gender differences that emerged from student responses are discussed, as are suggestions for fostering students' intrinsic motivation to choose nontraditional…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Gifted, Science Education
