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Summer Scientific Research for Teachers: The Experience and its Effect

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Westerlund, J.F., García, D.M., Koke, J.R. et al. Summer Scientific Research for Teachers: The Experience and its Effect. Journal of Science Teacher Education 13, 63–83 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015133926799

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