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Sadi, Ö., & Dağyar, M. (2015). High School Students’ Epistemological Beliefs, Conceptions of Learning, and Self-efficacy for Learning Biology: A Study of Their Structural Models. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 11(5), 1061-1079. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1375a

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Sadi Ö, Dağyar M. High School Students’ Epistemological Beliefs, Conceptions of Learning, and Self-efficacy for Learning Biology: A Study of Their Structural Models. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2015;11(5):1061-79. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1375a

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Sadi Ö, Dağyar M. High School Students’ Epistemological Beliefs, Conceptions of Learning, and Self-efficacy for Learning Biology: A Study of Their Structural Models. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2015;11(5), 1061-1079. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1375a

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Sadi, Özlem, and Miray Dağyar. "High School Students’ Epistemological Beliefs, Conceptions of Learning, and Self-efficacy for Learning Biology: A Study of Their Structural Models". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2015 11 no. 5 (2015): 1061-1079. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1375a

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Sadi, Ö., and Dağyar, M. (2015). High School Students’ Epistemological Beliefs, Conceptions of Learning, and Self-efficacy for Learning Biology: A Study of Their Structural Models. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 11(5), pp. 1061-1079. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1375a

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Sadi, Özlem et al. "High School Students’ Epistemological Beliefs, Conceptions of Learning, and Self-efficacy for Learning Biology: A Study of Their Structural Models". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 11, no. 5, 2015, pp. 1061-1079. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1375a