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Gaffney, J.M., Gill, J. (1996). Gender and Mathematics in The Context of Australian Education. In: Hanna, G. (eds) Towards Gender Equity in Mathematics Education. New ICMI Study Series, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47205-8_16
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