When a bilingual child describes living things: An analysis of conceptual understandings from a language perspective

Research in Science Education

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-312

  Salleh, Romaizah ^a   Venville, Grady J ^b   Treagust, David F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bilingual education; Conceptual development; Language; Living things

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250001102     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-006-9027-4     Document Type: Article

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