Gender, computers and other school subjects among Japanese and Swedish students

Computers and Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 225-231

  Makrakis, Vasilios ^a   Sawada, Toshio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Department of Educational Policies National Institute for Educational Research of Japan (NIER)   (Japan)

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EID: 0008178041     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-1315(95)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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