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APA

Kızkapan, O., & Bektaş, O. (2021). Improving 7th Grade Students’ Epistemological Beliefs by Epistemologically Enriched Argumentation Model. Pedagogical Research, 6(3), em0095. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/10949

Vancouver

Kızkapan O, Bektaş O. Improving 7th Grade Students’ Epistemological Beliefs by Epistemologically Enriched Argumentation Model. PEDAGOGICAL RES. 2021;6(3):em0095. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/10949

AMA

Kızkapan O, Bektaş O. Improving 7th Grade Students’ Epistemological Beliefs by Epistemologically Enriched Argumentation Model. PEDAGOGICAL RES. 2021;6(3), em0095. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/10949

Chicago

Kızkapan, Oktay, and Oktay Bektaş. "Improving 7th Grade Students’ Epistemological Beliefs by Epistemologically Enriched Argumentation Model". Pedagogical Research 2021 6 no. 3 (2021): em0095. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/10949

Harvard

Kızkapan, O., and Bektaş, O. (2021). Improving 7th Grade Students’ Epistemological Beliefs by Epistemologically Enriched Argumentation Model. Pedagogical Research, 6(3), em0095. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/10949

MLA

Kızkapan, Oktay et al. "Improving 7th Grade Students’ Epistemological Beliefs by Epistemologically Enriched Argumentation Model". Pedagogical Research, vol. 6, no. 3, 2021, em0095. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/10949