Issues in the change in gender differences in reading achievement in cross-national research studies since 1992: A meta-analytic view

International Education Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-149

  Lietz, Petra ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Hierarchical linear modelling; Meta analysis; Reading achievement; Scaling of scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846255495     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: 14431475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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