Communities of Practice, Learning Communities, and Knowledge Building Communities : Are There Differences?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Annual Report of Educational Psychology in Japan
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0452-9650,2186-3091
DOI: 10.5926/arepj.49.9