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The invitation conference that was the catalyst for this special issue was supported in part by a grant from the Interdisciplinary Research Conference Program of the American Education Research Association, and funding from the College of Education, University of Maryland, and the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology.
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Alexander, P.A. Thinking Critically and Analytically about Critical-Analytic Thinking: an Introduction. Educ Psychol Rev 26, 469–476 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-014-9283-1
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