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A cross-cultural study of the effect of student-generated visualization on middle school students’ science concept learning in Texas and Taiwan

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Hsieh, YC.J., Cifuentes, L. A cross-cultural study of the effect of student-generated visualization on middle school students’ science concept learning in Texas and Taiwan. ETR&D 51, 90–95 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02504556

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