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Analyzing Gender Differences for High-achieving Students on Timss

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Mullis, I.V.S., Stemler, S.E. (2002). Analyzing Gender Differences for High-achieving Students on Timss. 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_17

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