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Facilitating Conceptual Change Learning: The Need for Teachers to Support Metacognition

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Beeth, M.E. Facilitating Conceptual Change Learning: The Need for Teachers to Support Metacognition. Journal of Science Teacher Education 9, 49–61 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009417622756

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