The Impact of Online Flipped Classrooms in Mathematics Education: A Quasi-Experimental Study
By: Emre Baysal, Hamza Polat and Danyal Soybaş
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.18.3.943 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X
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