Effects of the cooperative class experiment teaching method on secondary school students' chemistry achievement in Kenya's Nakuru district

International Education Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-36

  Wachanga, Samuel W ^a   Mwangi, John Gowland ^a  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Chemistry Achievement; Cooperative Class Experiment Teaching Method; Kenya; Secondary School

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544363549     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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