Developing classroom practices to support NESB students in Information Systems courses: Some preliminary findings

International Education Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 57-69

  Bretag, Tracey ^a   Horrocks, Sam ^a   Smith, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Information Systems; International students; Non English Speaking Background (NESB); Teaching strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 18344383535     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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