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Research Articles

Towards Contextual Experimentation: Creating a Faculty Learning Community to Cultivate Writing-to-Learn Practices

Hacia una experimentación contextual: Creando comunidades de aprendizaje docente para el cultivo de prácticas de escritura para el aprendizaje

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Pages 20-36 | Received 11 May 2015, Accepted 21 Sep 2015, Published online: 24 Feb 2016

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