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Ekmekci, A., Sahin, A., Gulacar, O., & Almus, K. (2018). High School Students’ Semantic Networks of Scientific Method in an International Science Olympiad Context. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(10), em1604. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/93677

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Ekmekci A, Sahin A, Gulacar O, Almus K. High School Students’ Semantic Networks of Scientific Method in an International Science Olympiad Context. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(10):em1604. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/93677

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Ekmekci A, Sahin A, Gulacar O, Almus K. High School Students’ Semantic Networks of Scientific Method in an International Science Olympiad Context. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(10), em1604. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/93677

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Ekmekci, Adem, Alpaslan Sahin, Ozcan Gulacar, and Kadir Almus. "High School Students’ Semantic Networks of Scientific Method in an International Science Olympiad Context". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2018 14 no. 10 (2018): em1604. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/93677

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Ekmekci, A., Sahin, A., Gulacar, O., and Almus, K. (2018). High School Students’ Semantic Networks of Scientific Method in an International Science Olympiad Context. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(10), em1604. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/93677

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Ekmekci, Adem et al. "High School Students’ Semantic Networks of Scientific Method in an International Science Olympiad Context". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 14, no. 10, 2018, em1604. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/93677