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Equilibration – the central concept of Piaget's theory

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Jeanette McCarthy Gallagher
Jeanette McCarthy Gallagher
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Department of Educational Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Penna. 19122
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , March 1979 , pp. 141
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