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Evaluation of Czech Non-Chemical Vocational School Chemistry Textbooks’ Text Difficulty Cover

Evaluation of Czech Non-Chemical Vocational School Chemistry Textbooks’ Text Difficulty

By: Martin Rusek and  Lucie Vosyková  
Open Access
|Jan 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cdem-2021-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2084-4506 | Journal ISSN: 1640-9019
Language: English
Page range: 99 - 108
Published on: Jan 21, 2022
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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