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Epilogue: Plotting a Research Agenda for Multiple Representations, Multiple Modality, and Multimodal Representational Competency

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Yore, L.D., Hand, B. Epilogue: Plotting a Research Agenda for Multiple Representations, Multiple Modality, and Multimodal Representational Competency. Res Sci Educ 40, 93–101 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-009-9160-y

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