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Eighth grade Turkish students' mental models about the nature of magnets and magnetic interactions were examined in this research study. Using an interpretive qualitative design, I conducted this study in a middle school with thirty-one Turkish students who have not had any form…

This study provides a description and framework for analysis of the role that ideas and beliefs -- collectively, mental models or shared mental models -- have played in the formation of bilateral free trade agreement (BTA) policy in Southeast Asia. In doing so, this study compri…