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The author acknowledges the assistance provided by Janice M. Vian, Edward L. Donais and Lawrence L. Brunner. A preliminary version of this article was presented as a discussion paper at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching annual meeting, Chicago, April 1974. This study was supported in part by provincial funds administered through the Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Research and the University Grants Committee.

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Holliday, W.G. Teaching verbal chains using flow diagrams and texts. ECTJ 24, 63–78 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02768332

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