Learning by heart in Qur'anic and public schools in Northern Cameroon

Social Analysis

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 109-126

  Moore, Leslie C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Discipline; Education; Guided repetition; Language; Memorization; Qur'an

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249154886     PISSN: 0155977X     EISSN: 15585727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/015597706780459421     Document Type: Article

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