Accounting for the gender gaps in student performance in reading and mathematics: Evidence from 31 countries

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-109

  Marks, Gary N ^a,b  

^a Australian Council for Education Research   (Australia)

^b Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

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EID: 38349097296     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054980701565279     Document Type: Article

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