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“So the idea of ambitious science teaching generally as a construct in a framework is really helpful because it gives a name to really powerful instruction that I think a lot of teachers do pieces of, or maybe they do a lot of. But when you give something a name, it then helps to bring it into life in a way that they can talk to other people about the work.”
– Teacher Educator
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