Meeting the needs of high school science teachers in English language learner instruction

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 385-402

  Cho, Seonhee ^a   McDonnough, Jacqueline T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educating diverse populations; English language learners; ESL instruction; Secondary science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149091509     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-009-9136-9     Document Type: Article

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