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Beck, J., Czerniak, C.M. & Lumpe, A.T. An Exploratory Study of Teachers' Beliefs Regarding the Implementation of Constructivism in Their Classrooms. Journal of Science Teacher Education 11, 323–343 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009481115135
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