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Bishop, A.J. (2008). Research, Effectiveness, and the Practitioners’ World. In: Clarkson, P., Presmeg, N. (eds) Critical Issues in Mathematics Education. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09673-5_13

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