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Mintzes, J.J., Chiu, MH. Understanding and Conceptual Change in Science and Mathematics: An International Agenda within a Constructivist Framework. Int J Sci Math Educ 2, 111–114 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-004-7277-z
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