Teachers' autonomy-relevant practices within an inquiry-based science curricular context: Extending the range of academically significant autonomy-supportive practices

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Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Rogat, Toni Kempler ^a   Witham, Shelly Anne ^a   Chinn, Clark A ^a  

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