When language of instruction and language of application differ: Cognitive costs of bilingual mathematics learning

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 26, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-44

  Saalbach, Henrik ^a   Eckstein, Doris ^b   Andri, Nicoletta ^c   Hobi, Reto ^c   Grabner, Roland H ^a,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Kantonsschule im Lee Winterthur ^*  (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilingual learning; Bilingualism; Language switching; Mathematical learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875103726     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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