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Robert G. Fuller, Thomas C. Campbell, Dewey I. Dykstra, Jr., and Scott M. Stevens (eds): College Teaching and the Development of Reasoning

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Lawson, A.E. Robert G. Fuller, Thomas C. Campbell, Dewey I. Dykstra, Jr., and Scott M. Stevens (eds): College Teaching and the Development of Reasoning . Sci & Educ 20, 99–102 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-010-9261-z

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