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Ramnarain, U. D. (2020). Exploring the Autonomy of South African School Science Students when Doing Investigative Inquiries for a Science Fair. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16(12), em1911. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9128

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Ramnarain UD. Exploring the Autonomy of South African School Science Students when Doing Investigative Inquiries for a Science Fair. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2020;16(12):em1911. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9128

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Ramnarain UD. Exploring the Autonomy of South African School Science Students when Doing Investigative Inquiries for a Science Fair. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2020;16(12), em1911. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9128

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Ramnarain, Umesh Dewnarain. "Exploring the Autonomy of South African School Science Students when Doing Investigative Inquiries for a Science Fair". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2020 16 no. 12 (2020): em1911. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9128

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Ramnarain, U. D. (2020). Exploring the Autonomy of South African School Science Students when Doing Investigative Inquiries for a Science Fair. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16(12), em1911. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9128

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Ramnarain, Umesh Dewnarain "Exploring the Autonomy of South African School Science Students when Doing Investigative Inquiries for a Science Fair". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 16, no. 12, 2020, em1911. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9128