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Smeyers, P. (2006). The Relevance of Irrelevant Research; The Irrelevance of Relevant Research. In: Smeyers, P., Depaepe, M. (eds) Educational Research: Why ‘What Works’ Doesn't Work. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5308-5_6
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