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Commentary: Whose Science is of the Most Worth? Making a Case for Problem Posing Instead of Problem Solving

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This is a commentary to the case narrative, “But Why Do We Need to Study This? The Case of Arsenic in the School’s Soil” written by Jose M. Pavez.

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  1. School of Education, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, USA

    Rouhollah Aghasaleh

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  1. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

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  2. Purdue University West Lafayette, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Lynn A. Bryan

  3. University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

    Deborah J. Tippins

  4. Mary Frances Early College of Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

    Chelsea M. Sexton

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Aghasaleh, R. (2023). Commentary: Whose Science is of the Most Worth? Making a Case for Problem Posing Instead of Problem Solving. In: Jeong, S., Bryan, L.A., Tippins, D.J., Sexton, C.M. (eds) Navigating Elementary Science Teaching and Learning. Springer Texts in Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33418-4_73

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