It's rather like learning a language: Development of talk and conceptual understanding in mechanics lessons

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-258

  Rincke, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interlanguage; Language instruction; Language learning; Mechanics; Physics education; Qualitative content analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651497549     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500691003615343     Document Type: Article

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