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17 - Interdependence in Small Group Discussion

from Part IV - Data Analysis and Data Presentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2018

Elisabeth Brauner
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Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Margarete Boos
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University of Göttingen
Michaela Kolbe
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ETH Zürich
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