System-level evaluation: Language and other background factors affecting mathematics achievement

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Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-186

  Howie, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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EID: 28144436938     PISSN: 00331538     EISSN: 15739090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11125-005-1820-8     Document Type: Review

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