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    Onno De Jong & Jan H. Van Driel

  2. The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

    William R. Veal

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  2. Utrecht University, The Netherlands

    Onno De Jong

  3. Federal University of Minas Gerias, Brazil

    Rosária Justi

  4. Curtin University of Technology, Australia

    David F. Treagust

  5. Leiden University, The Netherlands

    Jan H. Van Driel

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De Jong, O., Veal, W.R., Van Driel, J.H. (2002). Exploring Chemistry Teachers’ Knowledge Base. In: Gilbert, J.K., De Jong, O., Justi, R., Treagust, D.F., Van Driel, J.H. (eds) Chemical Education: Towards Research-based Practice. Science & Technology Education Library, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47977-X_16

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