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An interpretation of research in ‘conceptual understanding’ within a sources-of-knowledge framework

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West, L., Pines, L. An interpretation of research in ‘conceptual understanding’ within a sources-of-knowledge framework. Research in Science Education 14, 47–56 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02356790

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