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Timss Science Results Seen from A Nordic Perspective

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Kjærnsli, M., Lie, S. (2002). Timss Science Results Seen from A Nordic Perspective. In: Robitaille, D.F., Beaton, A.E. (eds) Secondary Analysis of the TIMSS Data. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47642-8_13

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