Gender differences in constructed response reading items

Applied Measurement in Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-109

  Pomplun, Mark ^a   Sundbye, Nita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033483364     PISSN: 08957347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324818ame1201_6     Document Type: Article

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