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Arora, A.G., Kean, E. & Anthony, J.L. An Interpretive Study of a Teacher's Evolving Practice of Elementary School Science. Journal of Science Teacher Education 11, 155–172 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009472909785
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