Development, validation and application of a modified Arabic translation of the What Is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC) questionnaire

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-125

  MacLeod, Cheri ^a   Fraser, Barry J ^b  

^a Office for Applied Research and Innovation   (Qatar)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabic language; Learning environments; Translation; Validity; What Is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953914995     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10984-008-9052-5     Document Type: Article

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