Can item format (multiple choice vs. open-ended) account for gender differences in mathematics achievement?

Sex Roles

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-21

  Beller, Michal ^a   Gafni, Naomi ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b National Institute for Testing and Evaluation Jerusalem   (Israel)

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EID: 0033622390     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007051109754     Document Type: Article

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