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Reconstructing Classroom Facts: Transforming Lower Track Science Classrooms

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Yerrick, R. Reconstructing Classroom Facts: Transforming Lower Track Science Classrooms. Journal of Science Teacher Education 9, 241–270 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009457115418

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