Factors related to mathematics achievement in chile

Contexts of Learning Mathematics and Science: Lessons Learned from TIMSS

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 97-111

  Ramírez, María José ^a  

^a Ministry of Education of Chile   (Chile)

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EID: 79953971478     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203012536     Document Type: Chapter

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