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Menucha Birenbaum, Anthony E. Kelly, Kikumi K. Tatsuoka, Diagnosing Knowledge States in Algebra Using the Rule-Space Model, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol. 24, No. 5 (Nov., 1993), pp. 442-459
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