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  1. Faculty of Education, Monash University, Wellington Road, 3800, Clayton, VIC, Australia

    Helen Forgasz

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    Stephen Lerman

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Forgasz, H. (2014). Gender in Mathematics Education. In: Lerman, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4978-8_64

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