Inquiry, chemistry understanding levels, and bilingual learning;Indagación, niveles de comprensión de la química y el aprendizaje bilingüe

Educacion Quimica

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-43

  Abir, Abed ^a,b   Dori, Yehudit Judy ^c  

^a Al Qasemi Academic College   (Israel)

^b Al Galil High School   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bilingual learning; Case based computerized laboratory; Inquiry; Question posing; Second language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873616439     PISSN: 0187893X     EISSN: 18708404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0187-893X(13)73193-8     Document Type: Article

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