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Timss Science Results for Hong Kong: An Ailing Dragon with a British Legacy

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  2. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA

    Albert E. Beaton

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Law, N. (2002). Timss Science Results for Hong Kong: An Ailing Dragon with a British Legacy. 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_11

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