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The Development of Thought: Equilibration of Cognitive Structures

Jean Piaget
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The article was published on 1977-11-30 and is currently open access. It has received 883 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cognition.

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A conceptual framework for investigating learning in conversations

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