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Abd-El-Khalick, F. Embedding Nature of Science Instruction in Preservice Elementary Science Courses: Abandoning Scientism, But.... Journal of Science Teacher Education 12, 215–233 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016720417219

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