Issues relating to curriculum, policy and gender raised by national and international surveys of achievement in mathematics

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-236

  Robertson, Isobel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77952549708     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695940500337181     Document Type: Article

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