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Abstract The laboratory has been given a central and distinctive role in science education, and science educators have suggested that rich benefits in learning accrue from using laboratory activities. Twenty years have been elapsed since we published a frequently cited, critical review of the research on the school science laboratory (Hofstein Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/.sce10106
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