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Nagasaki, E., Senuma, H. (2002). TIMSS Mathematics Results: A Japanese 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_6
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