Is there a language-based social disadvantage in solving mathematical items?

Learning, Culture and Social Interaction

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 159-169

  Walzebug, Anke ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential item functioning; Social disadvantage; Word problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901003137     PISSN: 22106561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lcsi.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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