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Title: Transforming with a Soft Touch: Comparing Four Learning Networks: Transforming with a Soft Touch: Comparing Four Learning Networks
Award ID(s):
1524832
NSF-PAR ID:
10186075
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Systems Research and Behavioral Science
Volume:
34
Issue:
5
ISSN:
1092-7026
Page Range / eLocation ID:
537 to 543
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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