Scientific terminology and context: How broad or narrow are our meanings?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Research in Science Teaching
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0022-4308,1098-2736
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2736(199708)34:6<661::aid-tea8>3.0.co;2-l