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Fendler, L. (2006). Why Generalizability is not Generalizable. In: Smeyers, P., Depaepe, M. (eds) Educational Research: Why ‘What Works’ Doesn't Work. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5308-5_3
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