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Video Clip Selection Within Video Clubs: Rationale and Purpose for Video Content
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- 2006353
- PAR ID:
- 10575559
- Publisher / Repository:
- North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
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- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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