Science textbooks for lower secondary schools in Brunei: Issues of gender equity

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 875-894

  Elgar, Ann G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

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EID: 3242674117     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069032000138888     Document Type: Article

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