ASSESSMENT MODES IN FIRST YEAR MACROECONOMICS: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PERFORMANCE

Economic Papers

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 66-73

  Hopkins, Sandra ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34547325421     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2003.tb00344.x     Document Type: Article

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