Examining the evidence from TIMSS: Gender differences in Year 8 science achievement in Australia

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 73-81

  Thomson, Sue ^a  

^a Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Gender differences; Multilevel modelling; TIMSS

Indexed keywords

EID: 44749089346     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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