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The performance of 9 to 12 year old children on primary, secondary and multiplicative classification tasks: Implications for teaching and curriculum design

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Dettrick, G.W. The performance of 9 to 12 year old children on primary, secondary and multiplicative classification tasks: Implications for teaching and curriculum design. Research in Science Education 8, 205–211 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02558692

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