Gender and achievement: What have exams got to do with it?

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-393

  Elwood, Jannette ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 24944432371     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054980500222031     Document Type: Article

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