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Educational Action Research
Connecting Research and Practice for Professionals and Communities
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Action research for instructional improvement: the Bad, the Ugly, and the Good

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Pages 468-484 | Received 27 Jul 2012, Accepted 16 Apr 2013, Published online: 10 Oct 2013

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