An Exploratory Study of Social Factors and Mathematics Achievement among High-Scoring Students: Cross-Cultural Perspectives from TIMSS

Gifted and Talented International

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-15

  Fox, Lynn H ^a   Engle, Jennifer L ^a   Paek, Pamela ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 3142660088     PISSN: 15332276     EISSN: 24709565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332276.2001.11672948     Document Type: Article

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